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Factors enhancing tax payment compliance for medium taxpayers in the development of national economy. The case of Tanzania Revenue Authority, Kilimanjaro region

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dc.creator Mlay, Robert Marcel
dc.date 2019-04-03T06:39:38Z
dc.date 2019-04-03T06:39:38Z
dc.date 2015
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-05T08:08:17Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-05T08:08:17Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/11192.1/2523
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11192.1/2523
dc.description Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Award of the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) of Mzumbe University
dc.description 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.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Mzumbe university
dc.subject tax payment compliance
dc.title Factors enhancing tax payment compliance for medium taxpayers in the development of national economy. The case of Tanzania Revenue Authority, Kilimanjaro region
dc.type Thesis


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