A study on taxpayers' awareness and confidence in administering self assessment / Ho Juan Keng ... [et al.]

Most taxpayers know the differences between the Official Assessment System (GAS) and the Self Assessment System (SAS) and that for individual taxpayers; the GAS has been replaced by the SAS effective from 2004. Although most taxpayers agreed that both the taxpayers and the tax officers should be...

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Main Authors: Ho, Juan Keng, Sapari, Afidah, Othman, Rani Diana, Loo, Ern Chen
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Research, Development and Commercialization (IRDC) 2005
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12795/
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spelling uitm-127952016-06-06T05:48:54Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12795/ A study on taxpayers' awareness and confidence in administering self assessment / Ho Juan Keng ... [et al.] Ho, Juan Keng Sapari, Afidah Othman, Rani Diana Loo, Ern Chen Awareness Tax revenue estimating Income tax Most taxpayers know the differences between the Official Assessment System (GAS) and the Self Assessment System (SAS) and that for individual taxpayers; the GAS has been replaced by the SAS effective from 2004. Although most taxpayers agreed that both the taxpayers and the tax officers should be knowledgeable in assessing tax liabilities, however they felt that the IRB should be responsible for conducting the assessment as taxpayers are not confident in filling their assessments correctly. They lack confidence in understanding the tax laws and public rulings, and in keeping up to date with the frequent changes to the tax laws. Under the GAS, more taxpayers file their own tax returns as compared to under the SAS. Taxpayers are not confident that the tax authority would advise them regarding unintentionally committed errors, nor would the tax authority treat the community as honest taxpayers. They feel the laws that give IRB six years to review an assessment but only 30 days for the taxpayers to appeal against an assessment as unreasonable. Institute of Research, Development and Commercialization (IRDC) 2005 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12795/1/AJ_HO%20JUAN%20KENG%20SMRJ%2005%201.pdf Ho, Juan Keng and Sapari, Afidah and Othman, Rani Diana and Loo, Ern Chen (2005) A study on taxpayers' awareness and confidence in administering self assessment / Ho Juan Keng ... [et al.]. Social and Management Research Journal, 2 (2). pp. 79-101. ISSN 1675-7017
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Tax revenue estimating
Income tax
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Tax revenue estimating
Income tax
Ho, Juan Keng
Sapari, Afidah
Othman, Rani Diana
Loo, Ern Chen
A study on taxpayers' awareness and confidence in administering self assessment / Ho Juan Keng ... [et al.]
description Most taxpayers know the differences between the Official Assessment System (GAS) and the Self Assessment System (SAS) and that for individual taxpayers; the GAS has been replaced by the SAS effective from 2004. Although most taxpayers agreed that both the taxpayers and the tax officers should be knowledgeable in assessing tax liabilities, however they felt that the IRB should be responsible for conducting the assessment as taxpayers are not confident in filling their assessments correctly. They lack confidence in understanding the tax laws and public rulings, and in keeping up to date with the frequent changes to the tax laws. Under the GAS, more taxpayers file their own tax returns as compared to under the SAS. Taxpayers are not confident that the tax authority would advise them regarding unintentionally committed errors, nor would the tax authority treat the community as honest taxpayers. They feel the laws that give IRB six years to review an assessment but only 30 days for the taxpayers to appeal against an assessment as unreasonable.
format Article
author Ho, Juan Keng
Sapari, Afidah
Othman, Rani Diana
Loo, Ern Chen
author_facet Ho, Juan Keng
Sapari, Afidah
Othman, Rani Diana
Loo, Ern Chen
author_sort Ho, Juan Keng
title A study on taxpayers' awareness and confidence in administering self assessment / Ho Juan Keng ... [et al.]
title_short A study on taxpayers' awareness and confidence in administering self assessment / Ho Juan Keng ... [et al.]
title_full A study on taxpayers' awareness and confidence in administering self assessment / Ho Juan Keng ... [et al.]
title_fullStr A study on taxpayers' awareness and confidence in administering self assessment / Ho Juan Keng ... [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed A study on taxpayers' awareness and confidence in administering self assessment / Ho Juan Keng ... [et al.]
title_sort study on taxpayers' awareness and confidence in administering self assessment / ho juan keng ... [et al.]
publisher Institute of Research, Development and Commercialization (IRDC)
publishDate 2005
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12795/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12795/1/AJ_HO%20JUAN%20KENG%20SMRJ%2005%201.pdf
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