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Tax arrears amongst individual income taxpayers in Malaysia

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  • Azhar Mohamad
  • Neazlin Radzuan
  • Zarinah Hamid

Abstract

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between tax arrears and socio-psychological demographic factors on individual taxpayers as well as macroeconomic factors in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach - In this study, using proprietary data from Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia on individual income tax returns for the year of 2004 through 2012, the authors run a panel data fixed effect model analysis to examine the impact of socio-psychological demographic factors such as age, gender, marital status, income level, occupational sector, place of residence of individual tax payers as well macroeconomic factors such as real GDP, inflation and economic growth on tax arrears in Malaysia. Findings - We find that, by and large, older male taxpayers in big towns, with high incomes, tend to accumulate tax arrears. Tax arrears are also significantly affected by real GDP, but not by marital status or occupational sector. Originality/value - To the best of our knowledge, this is one the few studies that uses individual tax returns data to study determinants of tax arrears.

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  • Azhar Mohamad & Neazlin Radzuan & Zarinah Hamid, 2017. "Tax arrears amongst individual income taxpayers in Malaysia," Journal of Financial Crime, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 24(1), pages 17-34, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:jfcpps:jfc-10-2015-0055
    DOI: 10.1108/JFC-10-2015-0055
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