Public policies and tax evasion: evidence from SAARC countries
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Article Title | Public policies and tax evasion: evidence from SAARC countries |
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ERA Journal ID | 212685 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Islam, Azharul (Author), Rashid, Md. Harun Ur (Author), Hossain, Syed Zabid (Author) and Hashmi, Rubayyat (Author) |
Journal Title | Heliyon |
Journal Citation | 6 (11), pp. 1-10 |
Article Number | e05449 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2020 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 2405-8440 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05449 |
Abstract | In compliance with the socioeconomic theory, the study has strived to investigate the impact of economic and non-economic public policies on tax evasion using panel data of 7 SAARC countries covering the period from 1998 to 2015. The study has applied the ordinary least square with fixed effect and random effect models to analyze the data assembled. The result of the study implies that the higher the degree of economic freedoms, the lower the tax evasion. More specifically, the government policies about property rights, monetary freedom, fiscal freedom and investment freedom have a negative influence on taxpayers' choices of tax evasion while financial freedom result shows a positive effect on tax evasion. Additionally, there is a negative impact of public sector governance and religiosity on tax evasion, which implies the higher the public sector governance and the higher the religious faith amid the people, the lower the degree of tax evasion. The findings of the study are supposed to offer the governments, tax authorities, and research scholars the valuable insights into public policies for reducing the tax evasion to a significant extent. |
Keywords | tax evasion, public policies, economic freedom, good governance, religiosity, SAARC countries, economics, public finance, accounting, macroeconomics, business policy |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380115. Public economics - taxation and revenue |
Byline Affiliations | Bangladesh University of Professionals, Bangladesh |
International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh | |
University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh | |
School of Commerce | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q653z/public-policies-and-tax-evasion-evidence-from-saarc-countries
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