THE IMPLICATIONS OF TAX MORALE ON TAX COMPLIANCE BEHAVIOR

Nichita Ramona-Anca () and Batrancea Larissa-Margareta ()
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Nichita Ramona-Anca: Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Facultatea de Stiinte Economice si Gestiunea Afacerilor
Batrancea Larissa-Margareta: Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Facultatea de Business

Annals of Faculty of Economics, 2012, vol. 1, issue 1, 739-744

Abstract: The present paper focuses on the analysis of tax compliance behavior from the tax morale standpoint. We grounded our research on the idea that empirical studies constantly invalidating the assumptions of theoretical models of tax evasion show there are more factors influencing compliance than just the economic ones (e.g., audit probability, fine, tax rate, income). Giving the fact that audit probabilities are generally very low and that tax evasion is not as high as one could expect, tax morale might have to do with the high degrees of tax compliance registered around the world. In a stream of articles on taxation published beginning with the late 60’s, tax morale defined as the intrinsic motivation to comply or “internalised obligation to pay tax” (Braithwaite and Ahmed 2005) has been found to positively relate to tax compliance and negatively relate to shadow economy. This paper attempts to offer a broader view on the influence of tax morale on compliance behavior, covering articles ranging from national and cross-cultural surveys to experimental games. Moreover, the aim of the article is to emphasize the policy implications of tax morale research and the changes governments could make in order to raise the amount of public levies.

Keywords: tax morale; tax compliance; shadow economy; corruption index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G02 G28 H26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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