Factors enhancing tax payment compliance for medium taxpayers in the development of national economy: The case of Tanzania revenue authority, Kilimanjaro region
Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) of Mzumbe University
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| spelling | oai:null:123456789-10942024-09-18T11:32:48Z Factors enhancing tax payment compliance for medium taxpayers in the development of national economy: The case of Tanzania revenue authority, Kilimanjaro region Mlay, Robert Marcel Tax payment National economy Tax compliance Knowledge-tax system Tanzania Revenue Authority Patriotism-taxpayers Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) of Mzumbe University The purpose of this field work was to find out the factors enhancing tax payment compliance for medium taxpayers in the development of national economy. All this have been done because the role of tax compliance in national economy is highly considerable and tax collection situation is not satisfactory. The study was conducted at Tanzania Revenue Authority, Kilimanjaro region. The population of the study was respondents from various departments of the organization. The researcher used judgmental and simple random techniques in getting sample. Also various methods of data collection were used, i.e. questionnaire, interview, observation and documentations. The method of sampling employed was random sampling in which 67 employees and 12 head of departments to constitute a sample size of 79 which is equivalent to 44.6% in this case study out of 177 population. Data was analysed in respect of the research Question where the major intention was to validate the objectives of the study, both quantitative and qualitatively methods were used. Findings show that Tanzania Revenue Authority has many bottlenecks on factors enhancing tax compliance in Kilimanjaro region. For instance, poor knowledge on tax system applied, lack of patriotism among taxpayers, wrong perception of taxpayers, the influence of VAT rates on VAT compliance, too many taxes, cumbersome procedure involved in payment of VAT, the effect of customer care desk, corruption by tax officers, and people selfish behavior. The respondents were ready with the system but due to these setbacks and complexity of the system made tax compliance complex. The following recommendations should also be considered; TRA should make tax compliance environment smooth by continue educating the public on the importance of paying tax, increase awareness to the public in motivating them to comply with tax rules, educating TRA officials on ethical issues so that to avoid corrupt behavior in TRA, and reduce number of taxes related to VAT to avoid tax complexity to taxpayers. Private 2024-08-23T09:35:47Z 2024-08-23T09:35:47Z 2015 Thesis APA https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1094 en application/pdf Mzumbe University |
| spellingShingle | Tax payment National economy Tax compliance Knowledge-tax system Tanzania Revenue Authority Patriotism-taxpayers Mlay, Robert Marcel Factors enhancing tax payment compliance for medium taxpayers in the development of national economy: The case of Tanzania revenue authority, Kilimanjaro region |
| title | Factors enhancing tax payment compliance for medium taxpayers in the development of national economy: The case of Tanzania revenue authority, Kilimanjaro region |
| title_full | Factors enhancing tax payment compliance for medium taxpayers in the development of national economy: The case of Tanzania revenue authority, Kilimanjaro region |
| title_fullStr | Factors enhancing tax payment compliance for medium taxpayers in the development of national economy: The case of Tanzania revenue authority, Kilimanjaro region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors enhancing tax payment compliance for medium taxpayers in the development of national economy: The case of Tanzania revenue authority, Kilimanjaro region |
| title_short | Factors enhancing tax payment compliance for medium taxpayers in the development of national economy: The case of Tanzania revenue authority, Kilimanjaro region |
| title_sort | factors enhancing tax payment compliance for medium taxpayers in the development of national economy the case of tanzania revenue authority kilimanjaro region |
| topic | Tax payment National economy Tax compliance Knowledge-tax system Tanzania Revenue Authority Patriotism-taxpayers |
| url | https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1094 |
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