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Four Views on the Ethics of Tax Evasion

In: The Ethics of Tax Evasion

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  • Robert W. McGee

    (Florida International University)

Abstract

In 1944, Martin Crowe, a Catholic priest, wrote a doctoral dissertation titled The Moral Obligation of Paying Just Taxes. His dissertation summarized and analyzed 500 years of theological and philosophical debate on this topic, much of which took place in Latin. Since Crowe’s dissertation, not much has been written on the topic of tax evasion from an ethical perspective, with a few exceptions. In 1998 and 1999, a few articles were published on the ethics of tax evasion in the Journal of Accounting, Ethics and Public Policy. An edited book on this topic was published in 1998. This chapter summarizes, updates, and expands on Crowe’s work and the other more recent work that has been published on this topic. Four basic views on the ethics of tax evasion have emerged over the centuries. This chapter presents and critiques those four views and raises some questions about points that have not yet been explored in the literature.

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  • Robert W. McGee, 2012. "Four Views on the Ethics of Tax Evasion," Springer Books, in: Robert W. McGee (ed.), The Ethics of Tax Evasion, chapter 0, pages 3-33, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4614-1287-8_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1287-8_1
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    1. Muhammad Syukur & Marziana Madah Marzuki & Maheran Zakaria, 2022. "Ownership Structure and Tax Avoidance in Asia: a Systematic Literature Review and a Research Agenda," Journal of Tax Reform, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, vol. 8(2), pages 170-185.

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