Reengineering the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in nigeria: the moderating role of tax service quality

The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating role of tax service quality on the relationships between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in Nigeria. The study used partial least squares structural equation modeling (SEM SmartPLS 3.3) to analyze the direct and moderating effect base...

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Main Authors: Yahaya, Lawan, Turmin, Siti Zaidah, Johari, Jalila, Osman, Mohammad Noor Hisham
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109390/
https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJAREMS/article/view/15855/Reengineering-the-Relationship-between-Tax-Knowledge-and-Voluntary-Tax-Compliance-in-Nigeria-The-Moderating-Role-of-Tax-Service-Quality
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1093902024-08-05T03:50:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109390/ Reengineering the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in nigeria: the moderating role of tax service quality Yahaya, Lawan Turmin, Siti Zaidah Johari, Jalila Osman, Mohammad Noor Hisham The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating role of tax service quality on the relationships between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in Nigeria. The study used partial least squares structural equation modeling (SEM SmartPLS 3.3) to analyze the direct and moderating effect based on 296 self-employed taxpayers in Nigeria. The result indicates a negative and insignificant direct effect between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance. The finding further reveals that tax service quality has a positive and significant effect with voluntary tax compliance. Whereas tax service quality significantly moderates the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance. The results show that a mixed combination of tax knowledge and tax service quality can lead to improved tax compliance. Our results contribute to the previous studies that have largely examined the direct relationship between tax knowledge and tax compliance by signifying that tax service quality moderate the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance. The study recommends frequent awareness and educating the taxpayers on the relevance of tax knowledge and providing quality of tax service to improve voluntary tax compliance. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2023-03-13 Article PeerReviewed Yahaya, Lawan and Turmin, Siti Zaidah and Johari, Jalila and Osman, Mohammad Noor Hisham (2023) Reengineering the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in nigeria: the moderating role of tax service quality. International Journal of Academic Research in Economics and Management Sciences, 12 (1). pp. 360-372. ISSN 2311-4185; ESSN: 2226-3624 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJAREMS/article/view/15855/Reengineering-the-Relationship-between-Tax-Knowledge-and-Voluntary-Tax-Compliance-in-Nigeria-The-Moderating-Role-of-Tax-Service-Quality 10.6007/ijarems/v12-i1/15855
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description The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating role of tax service quality on the relationships between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in Nigeria. The study used partial least squares structural equation modeling (SEM SmartPLS 3.3) to analyze the direct and moderating effect based on 296 self-employed taxpayers in Nigeria. The result indicates a negative and insignificant direct effect between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance. The finding further reveals that tax service quality has a positive and significant effect with voluntary tax compliance. Whereas tax service quality significantly moderates the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance. The results show that a mixed combination of tax knowledge and tax service quality can lead to improved tax compliance. Our results contribute to the previous studies that have largely examined the direct relationship between tax knowledge and tax compliance by signifying that tax service quality moderate the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance. The study recommends frequent awareness and educating the taxpayers on the relevance of tax knowledge and providing quality of tax service to improve voluntary tax compliance.
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author Yahaya, Lawan
Turmin, Siti Zaidah
Johari, Jalila
Osman, Mohammad Noor Hisham
spellingShingle Yahaya, Lawan
Turmin, Siti Zaidah
Johari, Jalila
Osman, Mohammad Noor Hisham
Reengineering the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in nigeria: the moderating role of tax service quality
author_facet Yahaya, Lawan
Turmin, Siti Zaidah
Johari, Jalila
Osman, Mohammad Noor Hisham
author_sort Yahaya, Lawan
title Reengineering the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in nigeria: the moderating role of tax service quality
title_short Reengineering the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in nigeria: the moderating role of tax service quality
title_full Reengineering the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in nigeria: the moderating role of tax service quality
title_fullStr Reengineering the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in nigeria: the moderating role of tax service quality
title_full_unstemmed Reengineering the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in nigeria: the moderating role of tax service quality
title_sort reengineering the relationship between tax knowledge and voluntary tax compliance in nigeria: the moderating role of tax service quality
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
publishDate 2023
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109390/
https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJAREMS/article/view/15855/Reengineering-the-Relationship-between-Tax-Knowledge-and-Voluntary-Tax-Compliance-in-Nigeria-The-Moderating-Role-of-Tax-Service-Quality
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