Taxpayers’ Perception Towards Fairness: Personal Business Profit Taxpayers in Addis Ababa
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2011-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This study investigates the fairness perceptions of Addis Ababa City business profit taxpayers
and its impacts in their perceptions, together with other variables. A theoretical framework was
developed based on the equity, distributive justice, and procedural justice theories. The study
adopted a mixed method research approach to test the hypotheses and answer research question.
The data collected from 230 business profit taxpayers of which 200 were through distributing of
self-administered questionnaires and the remaining 30 through in-depth-interview.
The latest statistical package (SPSS) software, correlation and regression analysis, were used to
analyse the survey and thematic analysis was applied to in-depth interviews.
The results of this combined research methodology suggest that Addis Ababa City business profit
taxpayers did not perceive positively in respect of general, vertical, personal, exchange, and
administration fairness except horizontal fairness on the prevailing business profit tax system.
With regard to tax knowledge and complexity, the finding of the paper showed that, the taxpayers
did not have sufficient knowledge and there were no easily understandable and vague procedures
of the business profit tax system.
Finally the thesis suggests a series of measures, which could be taken by the government in
general, and tax authorities in particular; improving policy and administration issues, educating
the taxpayers and conducting awareness creation and consultation sessions, and providing all
necessary social service to the public, as well as maintaining the tax system fair and equitable
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Personal business, Taxpayers, Perception towards fairness