Tax Understanding And Compliance Of Malay Civil Servants In Peninsular Malaysia

Paying tax is mandatory on all earning citizens. Even though many people complain about the tax levied by the government, collecting these taxes is vital for the national economy. The taxation principles emphasize that taxes should generate revenue for the provision of essential public services,...

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Main Author: Yusoff, Siti Norfazlina
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/51623/1/SITI%20NORFAZLINA%20BINTI%20YUSOFF%20-%20TESIS%20cut.pdf
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description Paying tax is mandatory on all earning citizens. Even though many people complain about the tax levied by the government, collecting these taxes is vital for the national economy. The taxation principles emphasize that taxes should generate revenue for the provision of essential public services, and importantly, it must be shared with as much of the population and sectors of the economy as possible. Given its importance, the issue of tax compliance among individual taxpayers is a major concern since it affects the amount of income tax collected, and also taxpayers’ spending. Income tax collection has the potential to decrease people spending, because taxes will reduce disposable income. The growth of non-compliant taxpayers across employment underscores the gravity of the issue. This can be seen through the implementation of strict punishments, including harsh penalties for underreporting, and criminal prosecution against non-filers of tax returns. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to assess the taxpayers’ understanding of income tax payment, taxpayers’ e-Filing readability levels, taxpayers’ income tax declaration, the level of individual tax compliance and factors which affect their compliance level. This study employs a questionnaire as an instrument to collect responses from Malay civil servants. A total of 1000 online surveys was distributed to Malay civil servants in Peninsular Malaysia. Logit and ordered logit analysis were used to assess the income tax declaration and tax compliance levels.
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spelling usm.eprints-516232022-02-23T04:24:34Z http://eprints.usm.my/51623/ Tax Understanding And Compliance Of Malay Civil Servants In Peninsular Malaysia Yusoff, Siti Norfazlina H1-99 Social sciences (General) Paying tax is mandatory on all earning citizens. Even though many people complain about the tax levied by the government, collecting these taxes is vital for the national economy. The taxation principles emphasize that taxes should generate revenue for the provision of essential public services, and importantly, it must be shared with as much of the population and sectors of the economy as possible. Given its importance, the issue of tax compliance among individual taxpayers is a major concern since it affects the amount of income tax collected, and also taxpayers’ spending. Income tax collection has the potential to decrease people spending, because taxes will reduce disposable income. The growth of non-compliant taxpayers across employment underscores the gravity of the issue. This can be seen through the implementation of strict punishments, including harsh penalties for underreporting, and criminal prosecution against non-filers of tax returns. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to assess the taxpayers’ understanding of income tax payment, taxpayers’ e-Filing readability levels, taxpayers’ income tax declaration, the level of individual tax compliance and factors which affect their compliance level. This study employs a questionnaire as an instrument to collect responses from Malay civil servants. A total of 1000 online surveys was distributed to Malay civil servants in Peninsular Malaysia. Logit and ordered logit analysis were used to assess the income tax declaration and tax compliance levels. 2020-06 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/51623/1/SITI%20NORFAZLINA%20BINTI%20YUSOFF%20-%20TESIS%20cut.pdf Yusoff, Siti Norfazlina (2020) Tax Understanding And Compliance Of Malay Civil Servants In Peninsular Malaysia. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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Tax Understanding And Compliance Of Malay Civil Servants In Peninsular Malaysia
title Tax Understanding And Compliance Of Malay Civil Servants In Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Tax Understanding And Compliance Of Malay Civil Servants In Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Tax Understanding And Compliance Of Malay Civil Servants In Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Tax Understanding And Compliance Of Malay Civil Servants In Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Tax Understanding And Compliance Of Malay Civil Servants In Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort tax understanding and compliance of malay civil servants in peninsular malaysia
topic H1-99 Social sciences (General)
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