ASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES AND THE EFFECTS OF PERSONAL INCOME TAX EVASION 11\ ABIA STATE

EZE NGOZI CELYN MOUAU/CEC/04/212 | 63 pages (10205 words) | Projects

ABSTRACT

Tax  evasion  and avoidance,  a problem which seemed  to have defied solution  had bedeviled   the Nigeria   tax system  right from the colonial times.   While   some have blamed   the situation  on the tax authorities   for not   living  up  to expectation  with regards to tax administration.   Others attribute    it  to the unpatriotic  attitude of the tax payers. It   was   in  the   light    of  these   contending     positions   that   the researcher  carried  out  a survey  involving   State  Tax  Authorities   and individual  tax  payers  in Abia  State  of   Nigeria.   The  study  sought  to identify  the causes  of tax evasion   amongst  individual  taxpayers,   the way  through   which   it   is  perpetrated  .and   the  social  and  economic consequences    brought  about  by this  problem,   it was  found   among others  that  loopholes   in the  tax  laws,  poverty  and  lack  of adequate  . public   enlightenment     are  responsible   for the problem.    The  tax payer perpetrates  the  unpatriotic  act through  such  means  as concealment


of profit  and interference   with the revenue  agents through  bribery   and corruption.  The situation  result   in the inability    of government  to render essential    services  adequately,  creation  of  resentment     among  honest taxpayers   and  inequality   in the  society,    it is recommended    that   tax officers   should   be  constantly    trained  and  retrained    on  the  job.    A public   enlightenment    campaign   be carried  out by State  Government. Having  powers   to  impose   heavy  monetary    penalties    and  criminal sanctions  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER ONE


1.1 Background  of study 1-3

1.2 Statement  of the problem 3-5

1.3 Objectives  of the study 5-6

1.4 Research  questions 6-7

1.5 Research  hypotheses 7

1.6 Justifications   of the study 8-9

1.7 Scope of the study 9

1.8 Limitations   of the  study 9


CHAPTER  TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1       Personal  income  tax

2.2      The meaning  of tax evasion and tax avoidance

2.3     Examples  of tax avoidance

2.4     Causes  of tax evasion  in Abia State

2.5      Ways by which  tax evasion and

2.6     Effects  of tax evasion                                                                19-20


CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research   Design

3.2 Area of study 21-22

3.3 Population  of study 23

3.4 Sample and sampling techniques 23-24

3.5     Sources of data selection                                                               25

3.5.1 primary data source                                                               25

3.5.2 secondary data source                                                        25

3.6     Data coilection   instrument  and  procedures                        26

3.6.1   Questionnaire                                                                       2 06

3.6.2   Validity  and reliability   of instrument                                        26

3.6.3   Administration  of Instrument                                                  27

3.7     Data analysis technique                                                      27

3.7.1   Percentage                                                                          28

3. 7 ,2  Arithmetic mean and standard  deviation                             28


CHAPTER FOUR

4.1 Presentation  of data 29-30

4.2 Analysis  of data 30

4.2.1 Demographic profile respondents 30

4.2.2 Analysis  of research questions 30

4.3 Hypotheses testing  . 30

4.3.1 Testing for-------------   (H01) 31-33

4.3.2 Testing  for-------------    (H02) 33!.36

4.3.3 Testing for-------------  (H03) 37-39

4.4 Summary of the results 39


CHAPTER  FIVE

SUMMARY,  CONCLUSION   AND RECOMMENDATION

5.1 Summary

5.2 Recommendations

5.3 Conclusion

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIXES:

Letter

Questionnaires


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APA

EZE, M (2020). ASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES AND THE EFFECTS OF PERSONAL INCOME TAX EVASION 11\ ABIA STATE. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 24, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-the-causes-and-the-effects-of-personal-income-tax-evasion-11-abia-state

MLA 8th

MOUAU/CEC/04/212, EZE. "ASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES AND THE EFFECTS OF PERSONAL INCOME TAX EVASION 11\ ABIA STATE" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 18 Mar. 2020, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-the-causes-and-the-effects-of-personal-income-tax-evasion-11-abia-state. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

MLA7

MOUAU/CEC/04/212, EZE. "ASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES AND THE EFFECTS OF PERSONAL INCOME TAX EVASION 11\ ABIA STATE". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 18 Mar. 2020. Web. 24 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-the-causes-and-the-effects-of-personal-income-tax-evasion-11-abia-state >.

Chicago

MOUAU/CEC/04/212, EZE. "ASSESSMENT OF THE CAUSES AND THE EFFECTS OF PERSONAL INCOME TAX EVASION 11\ ABIA STATE" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2020). Accessed 24 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-the-causes-and-the-effects-of-personal-income-tax-evasion-11-abia-state

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