A Research Report Submitted to Mzumbe University – Mbeya Campus College in Part of Partial Fulfilment for the Award of Bachelor Degree of Accountancy and Finance in Business Sector (BAF-BS) of Mzumbe University
This study intended to assessment on the influence of tax education on tax compliance. The study objective was to assess the relationship between tax education with tax knowledge among taxpayers, assessing the influence of tax knowledge on tax compliance among tax pays and determining reasons why taxpayer do not comply with paying taxes.
The study was conducted in TRA-Morogoro where the researcher chose some of taxpayers to be included in the study. The study was designed by looking at what was the study about, why the study was conducted, type of data needed, methods of data collection and data analysis. This study applied quantitative research approaches; the researcher targeted population was taxpayers whereby questionnaire used to collect data from respondents. The sample size was selected purposively from the population elements.
Data collected was analyses using SPSS version 23. Data were analyses using descriptive statistics whereby the research describe data collected from the respondents. Chi-Square Test was used to analyse the relationship between tax education and tax knowledge. Correlation analysis was used to analyse the association between tax knowledge and tax compliance. The researcher found that there is a positive and significant association between tax education and tax knowledge (X2(2)>=11.888, p=0.025). Further to that the research found that there is a positive and significant relationship between tax knowledge and tax compliance (r=0.623, p<0.0001).
The finding of this study imply that it is important for TRA to educate tax payer on the rule and regulation and consequence of evading to pay taxes.