Factors influencing tax compliance attitude in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Tanzania: A case of Dodoma municipality

A dissertation submitted to Mzumbe University as a partial fulfillments of the requirement of the Master Degree of Business Administration – Corporate Management (MBA - CM) of Mzumbe University,

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Philipo, Eliamini
التنسيق: أطروحة
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Mzumbe university 2024
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1669
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spelling oai:null:123456789-16692024-11-07T08:50:23Z Factors influencing tax compliance attitude in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Tanzania: A case of Dodoma municipality Philipo, Eliamini Tax collection. Tax compliance Attitude Small and Medium Entreprises A dissertation submitted to Mzumbe University as a partial fulfillments of the requirement of the Master Degree of Business Administration – Corporate Management (MBA - CM) of Mzumbe University, The study was conducted to the factors influencing tax compliance in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Dodoma Municipality, Tanzania. To meet this objective, the study employed three specific objectives. These objectives were, (i) to examine tax collection performance in Dodoma Municipality in the last three years (2014/15 – 2016/17); (ii) to determine economic factors influencing tax compliance in SMEs in Dodoma Municipality; and (iii) to assess non-economic factors influencing tax compliance in SMEs in Dodoma Municipality. The study employed survey design. The questionnaire, interviews and Focus Group Discussions were used to collect data. Data analysis was undertaken by SPSS. The study found that the tax collection performance in Dodoma Municipality in years 2014/15 – 2016/17 was positive and in crag The study found that the economic factors that influenced tax compliance attitude among taxpayers included the following; (i) tax rates; (ii) tax benefits; (iii) tax audit; (iv) penalties; and (v) fines. The non-economic factors that were found by the study to influence tax compliance included the following. (i) Perceptions of the taxpayers; (ii) Norms; and (iii) Perceived fairness. It was concluded that in the recent years TRA had established good strategies to collect tax making the improvement in tax collection performance in Tanzania. Both economic and non-economic factors influence tax compliance among the SMEs. It was recommended that TRA and other stakeholders should sustainably improve their strategies to increase and improve tax collection performance. Private. 2024-11-07T08:50:19Z 2024-11-07T08:50:19Z 2018 Thesis APA https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1669 en application/pdf Mzumbe university
spellingShingle Tax collection.
Tax compliance
Attitude
Small and Medium Entreprises
Philipo, Eliamini
Factors influencing tax compliance attitude in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Tanzania: A case of Dodoma municipality
title Factors influencing tax compliance attitude in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Tanzania: A case of Dodoma municipality
title_full Factors influencing tax compliance attitude in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Tanzania: A case of Dodoma municipality
title_fullStr Factors influencing tax compliance attitude in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Tanzania: A case of Dodoma municipality
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing tax compliance attitude in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Tanzania: A case of Dodoma municipality
title_short Factors influencing tax compliance attitude in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Tanzania: A case of Dodoma municipality
title_sort factors influencing tax compliance attitude in small and medium enterprises smes in tanzania a case of dodoma municipality
topic Tax collection.
Tax compliance
Attitude
Small and Medium Entreprises
url https://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1669
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