Paper Title :Assessment of Voluntary Tax Compliance Among Informal Economy in Nigeria

Author :Oluwamayowa Olalekan Iredele, Omowunmi Jumoke Ogunleye, Tolulope Obe

Article Citation :Oluwamayowa Olalekan Iredele ,Omowunmi Jumoke Ogunleye ,Tolulope Obe , (2017 ) " Assessment of Voluntary Tax Compliance Among Informal Economy in Nigeria " , International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) , pp. 45-48, Volume-3,Issue-12

Abstract : This study investigated the level and challenges of voluntary tax compliance of businesses within the informal economy of Ifako-Ijaiye local council development area (LCDA) of Lagos state, Nigeria. The population of the study is the entire businesses in the (LCDA) that fall within the category of the informal economy. A sample of 100 business owners comprising of traders, artisans, shop owners and 17 tax officials were selected using convenience sampling method. The responses were obtained through the aid of structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics such as mean score and frequencies were used to analyse the data. Findings showed that the level of voluntary tax compliance in the informal economy is low and the business owners who are the expected tax payers were of the opinion that non-utilisation of tax revenue by the government and the excessive high tax rate account for their non-voluntary compliance. In addition, empirical evidence as provided by the tax officials had it that the nature of the businesses of the informal economy and the unavailability of adequate records make it hard to tax the informal economy. The study therefore recommends that government should seek to be accountable with good governance in place, and that tax laws should regulate the tax rate applied to businesses in the informal economy. Keywords: Taxation, Voluntary, Informal economy, Compliance, Nigeria.

Type : Research paper

Published : Volume-3,Issue-12

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