Taxation of the informal sector in Ghana: A case study of Komenda-Edina-Eguafo –Abrem municipality

dc.contributor.authorOtabil, Emmanuel Kyereda
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-12T10:19:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-20T00:54:33Z
dc.date.available2016-04-12T10:19:26Z
dc.date.available2023-04-20T00:54:33Z
dc.date.issuedJULY, 2015
dc.descriptionA Thesis submitted to the Department of Accounting and Finance, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master OF Business Administration (Accounting Option) , en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines taxation of the informal sector in Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality using a sample of 397 informal sector businesses and 3 tax officials. Findings of the study indicate that, high income tax, business non-profitability, distance difficulty in paying tax, unnecessary or misuse of tax income by government, tax non-compliance by other colleagues, low income tax education, advice from experts, non-registration of businesses and low educational level account for high income tax non-compliance. Personnel capacity constraints, large size of the tax district, large size of the informal sector, lack of incentive for the tax collectors and the inappropriate financial records on the part of the taxpayers are the factors that militate against effective revenue mobilization by Domestic Tax Revenue Division (DTRD) from the informal sector. Well informed frequent tax education, sanctioning tax evaders, motivating taxpayers with incentives, involvement of taxpayers in tax decisions, drawing the tax collectors closer to the taxpayers and having master list of all informal sector businesses would help to improve tax compliance in the municipality.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKNUSTen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/8662
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleTaxation of the informal sector in Ghana: A case study of Komenda-Edina-Eguafo –Abrem municipalityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
EMMANUEL KYEREDA OTABIL.pdf
Size:
1.16 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Full Thesis
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.73 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed to upon submission
Description:
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed to upon submission
Description: