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dc.contributor.authorTewachew Molla Alem & Yosef Workeluele Tewabe-
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-08T14:12:42Z-
dc.date.available2023-02-08T14:12:42Z-
dc.date.issued2022-12-
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7472-
dc.description.abstractThe problem of tax non-compliance is a serious global phenomenon, especially in developing and least developed countries. In this regard, states design their tax administration laws and tax compliance rules in light of the two most dominant tax compliance theories: deterrence theory and behavioural theory of tax compliance. These theories are ideals or indexes of a good tax administration system. It is thus important to examine the base or policy of tax compliance rules of the tax administration laws of Ethiopia. This Article examines when and in what forms the tax administration law of Ethiopia is designed to embody the tax compliance theories. Doctrinal research method is used and the major findings show that –like many countries– the tax administration proclamation of Ethiopia is largely designed in consideration of the economic deterrence model to achieve taxpayers’ compliance which depends on audit and penalties when tax is evaded. However, this approach is criticized due to its administrative inefficiency and its inability to build equitable tax system. Aside from tax penalties, tax administration policies and practice in Ethiopia should give much attention to changing individual taxpayers’ attitudes toward the tax system. This requires improving its perceived fairness and equity, making government expenditure in the best interest of the taxpayers, improving procedural justice, tax education, establishing the culture of mutual respect between tax authorities and taxpayers, and making it easy to comply with the tax laws.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherST. MARY’S UNIVERSITYen_US
dc.subjectDeterrence Theory · Ethiopia · Psychological Theory ·Tax Complianceen_US
dc.titleExamining the Tax Administration Law of Ethiopia in Light of the Tax Compliance Theoriesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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