Why do taxpayers comply: Evidence from Indonesia

This paper aims to identify the reasons used by taxpayers to become a compliant taxpayer, and whether these reasons are affected by demographic factors. Five reasons were used - fairness on the distribution of tax burden, fairness of the government in utilising government revenue, peer influence, sa...

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Main Authors: Yussof, Salwa Hana, Isa, Khadijah, Adriani, Desri Eka, Mohdali, Raihana
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
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Published: Penerbit UMT, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu 2016
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/54873/17/54873.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54873/18/54873-abstractbook.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54873/
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Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:This paper aims to identify the reasons used by taxpayers to become a compliant taxpayer, and whether these reasons are affected by demographic factors. Five reasons were used - fairness on the distribution of tax burden, fairness of the government in utilising government revenue, peer influence, sanctions and non-tax macro factors. Data was collected using questionnaire survey distributed to government officers in Pelalawan Regency, Riau Province, Indonesia. The results showed that fairness, peer influence and sanctions are among the reasons used by taxpayers when they decide to comply with income tax laws. The choice of these reasons are not affected by age, gender and level of study, except on fairness of the government in utilising government revenue.