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
Page
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
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
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.
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 >.
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