Corporate tax audit in Malaysia: An exploratory study using focus groups

Corporate tax audit in Malaysia: An exploratory study using focus groups

This article aims to explore the major issues encountered by corporate tax auditors when discharging their duties under a self-assessment system (SAS). Data drawn from focus group interviews conducted in early 2009 involving 60 tax auditors from the Inland Revenue Board Malaysia (IRBM) indicated thr...

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Main Authors: Isa, Khadijah, Pope, Jeff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thomsons Reuters 2010
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HJ2240 Revenue. Taxation
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/65566/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/65566/1/Isa%20and%20Pope%20%282010%29.pdf
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spelling iium-655662018-09-18T07:40:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65566/ Corporate tax audit in Malaysia: An exploratory study using focus groups Isa, Khadijah Pope, Jeff HJ2240 Revenue. Taxation This article aims to explore the major issues encountered by corporate tax auditors when discharging their duties under a self-assessment system (SAS). Data drawn from focus group interviews conducted in early 2009 involving 60 tax auditors from the Inland Revenue Board Malaysia (IRBM) indicated three key issues of concern, namely, the welfare of tax auditors, tax complexity and tax education. These findings can benefit tax authorities by providing some insights for future policy plans pertaining to tax audits and tax education programmes. In regard to the generalisation made based on these findings, this study has taken several precautions to ensure that the composition of the focus groups was representative of all auditors. The use of focus groups to explore the experience of corporate tax auditors provides a significant and extensive contribution to the current knowledge and literature on corporate taxpayers’ compliance behaviour. The article concludes with some suggestions to overcome the central emerging issues. Thomsons Reuters 2010-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65566/1/Isa%20and%20Pope%20%282010%29.pdf Isa, Khadijah and Pope, Jeff (2010) Corporate tax audit in Malaysia: An exploratory study using focus groups. New Zealand Journal of Tax Law and Policy, 16 (4). pp. 433-450. ISSN 1322-4417
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Isa, Khadijah
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Corporate tax audit in Malaysia: An exploratory study using focus groups
description This article aims to explore the major issues encountered by corporate tax auditors when discharging their duties under a self-assessment system (SAS). Data drawn from focus group interviews conducted in early 2009 involving 60 tax auditors from the Inland Revenue Board Malaysia (IRBM) indicated three key issues of concern, namely, the welfare of tax auditors, tax complexity and tax education. These findings can benefit tax authorities by providing some insights for future policy plans pertaining to tax audits and tax education programmes. In regard to the generalisation made based on these findings, this study has taken several precautions to ensure that the composition of the focus groups was representative of all auditors. The use of focus groups to explore the experience of corporate tax auditors provides a significant and extensive contribution to the current knowledge and literature on corporate taxpayers’ compliance behaviour. The article concludes with some suggestions to overcome the central emerging issues.
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author Isa, Khadijah
Pope, Jeff
author_facet Isa, Khadijah
Pope, Jeff
author_sort Isa, Khadijah
title Corporate tax audit in Malaysia: An exploratory study using focus groups
title_short Corporate tax audit in Malaysia: An exploratory study using focus groups
title_full Corporate tax audit in Malaysia: An exploratory study using focus groups
title_fullStr Corporate tax audit in Malaysia: An exploratory study using focus groups
title_full_unstemmed Corporate tax audit in Malaysia: An exploratory study using focus groups
title_sort corporate tax audit in malaysia: an exploratory study using focus groups
publisher Thomsons Reuters
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/65566/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/65566/1/Isa%20and%20Pope%20%282010%29.pdf
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