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The Tendency Toward Tax Evasion in Jordan

The main purpose of this study is to examine the tendency of Jordanian taxpayers toward tax evasion by investigate the influence of the following variables on tax evasion: (Age,gender, marital status, education, level of income, source of income, corruption and bribery,tax rate, penalty rate, probab...

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Main Author: Slehat, Yaser Ahmad Abed Alfattah
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Language:English
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Published: 2009
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HJ Public Finance
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spelling my.uum.etd.17322013-07-24T12:12:57Z http://etd.uum.edu.my/1732/ The Tendency Toward Tax Evasion in Jordan Slehat, Yaser Ahmad Abed Alfattah HJ Public Finance The main purpose of this study is to examine the tendency of Jordanian taxpayers toward tax evasion by investigate the influence of the following variables on tax evasion: (Age,gender, marital status, education, level of income, source of income, corruption and bribery,tax rate, penalty rate, probability of detection, fairness of tax system and government,religion, and ethics). The data was collected through distribution of questionnaires to 212 respondents in Jordan and processed using statistical package for social science (SPSS)software for the purpose of this study. By using Correlation and regression analysis, the findings show that there is a positive significant relationship between corruption and bribery, tax rate, penalty rate, probability of detection, fairness of tax system and government, religion, and ethics with tax evasion,whereas education and level of income significantly negative with tax evasion. No significance correlation but the relation was positive between marital status with tax evasion, while the other factors, age, gender, and source of income have no significance correlation but the relation was negative. 2009 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://etd.uum.edu.my/1732/1/Yaser_Ahmad_Abed_Alfattah_Slehat.pdf application/pdf en http://etd.uum.edu.my/1732/2/1.Yaser_Ahmad_Abed_Alfattah_Slehat.pdf Slehat, Yaser Ahmad Abed Alfattah (2009) The Tendency Toward Tax Evasion in Jordan. Masters thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
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The Tendency Toward Tax Evasion in Jordan
description The main purpose of this study is to examine the tendency of Jordanian taxpayers toward tax evasion by investigate the influence of the following variables on tax evasion: (Age,gender, marital status, education, level of income, source of income, corruption and bribery,tax rate, penalty rate, probability of detection, fairness of tax system and government,religion, and ethics). The data was collected through distribution of questionnaires to 212 respondents in Jordan and processed using statistical package for social science (SPSS)software for the purpose of this study. By using Correlation and regression analysis, the findings show that there is a positive significant relationship between corruption and bribery, tax rate, penalty rate, probability of detection, fairness of tax system and government, religion, and ethics with tax evasion,whereas education and level of income significantly negative with tax evasion. No significance correlation but the relation was positive between marital status with tax evasion, while the other factors, age, gender, and source of income have no significance correlation but the relation was negative.
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title The Tendency Toward Tax Evasion in Jordan
title_short The Tendency Toward Tax Evasion in Jordan
title_full The Tendency Toward Tax Evasion in Jordan
title_fullStr The Tendency Toward Tax Evasion in Jordan
title_full_unstemmed The Tendency Toward Tax Evasion in Jordan
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