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The Attitudes of Tertiary Students on Tax Evasion and the Penalties for Tax Evasion - A Pilot Study and Demographic Analysis

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    The tax compliance behavioural literature indicates that among other factors, demographic variables play an important role in the compliance behaviour of taxpayers. This pilot study investigates the relationship that exists between demographic and other major tax compliance variables and the attitudes of students towards tax evasion and the penalties for tax evasion. A survey of 470 tertiary taxation students was recently conducted. The findings revealed that the demographic variables analysed including, gender, age, nationality, education/qualifications, occupation, and income level in most cases held statistically significant relationships with the incidence of tax evasion and the penalties for evasion. These results provide useful information for revenue collecting authorities and have implications for tax policy development.

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    Paper provided by ATAX, University of New South Wales in its series Taxation with number eJournal of Tax Research Vol 3 No. 2.

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    Length: 52 pages
    Date of creation: 10 Jan 2006
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    Handle: RePEc:nsw:discus:324

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    Keywords: tax compliance; taxpayers; tax evasion; tax;

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