scholarly journals The Attitude of Business Students toward the Ethics of Tax Evasion

Author(s):  
Lidija Hauptman
Author(s):  
Waseem Ahmad Khan ◽  
Prince Fawad Ahmad

Introduction: Tax evasion is main problem in Pakistan due to which Pakistan remains under a lot of stress. Tax evasion results in less revenue. Many causes have been discussed which play major role in tax evasion in Pakistan. It is a primary research.Literature review: Many authors have discussed impacts of tax evasion in different sectors of economy. Previously tax evasion cause major trouble in Tanzania & Greece.Methodology: A questioner has been filled by targeted population of 100 Professionals & Business students of Department of Management Sciences Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Questioner was consisted of 5 major parts i.e. Tax System, High rate, Go with the flow, Corrupt Govt. & Progressive taxation.Findings: Most of the population agrees that these causes play a vital role in the tax evasion in the Pakistan.Conclusion: Tax evasion is main problem of Pakistan which needs to be eliminating by following the recommendations that tax system must base on ground realities, tax rates should be low. There should be proper check & balance of government, tax awareness in public should arise by different channels.


Author(s):  
Souhir NEIFAR

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">The purpose of this paper is to examine the causes of tax evasion in Tunisia. The paper uses the survey methodology. We use a sample of 101 participants divided into three major groups: business students’ participants, medicine students’ participants and other students’ participants. The results show that medicine students’ participants are more opposed to tax evasion than the other participants (business and others). We find also that women are more opposed to such a behavior. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">While our research unprecedentedly deals with the motivations tax evasion in Tunisia, other researchers have examined this issue analyzing other contexts. The addition of other statements to this survey will enrich the list of causes of tax evasion; other economical and sociological variables will be taken into account. Our findings can be valuable to both researchers and Tunisian regulators. For researchers, this research helps to understand the motivations of tax evasion in the Tunisian context. As far as regulators are concerned, this research highlights the reduction of the tax rates as possible cure.</span></p><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Causes of tax evasion in Tunisia: a survey study</span>


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