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<strong>Challenges</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Era</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Globalization</strong><br />

Edited by Emmanuel Obuah<br />

fairness <strong>in</strong> tax adm<strong>in</strong>istration, <strong>in</strong>adequacies <strong>of</strong> tax adm<strong>in</strong>istration procedures and structures and Low tax<br />

knowledge among taxpayers.<br />

FIGURE 1: Conceptual Model <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Relationship between Tax Adm<strong>in</strong>istration Features and<br />

Taxpayers’ Compliance Attitude<br />

Taxpayers’ Perception <strong>of</strong> Client<br />

service & procedures <strong>in</strong> tax adm<strong>in</strong><br />

Source: Authors (2011)<br />

Methodology<br />

Tax payers’ Knowledge<br />

Taxpayers’ Perception <strong>of</strong><br />

Governance <strong>in</strong> tax Adm<strong>in</strong>.<br />

Taxpayers’ Compliance Attitude<br />

In achiev<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> aim <strong>of</strong> this study, <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g three null hypo<strong>the</strong>ses were proposed and tested:<br />

H01: Taxpayers’ perception about <strong>the</strong> Companies Income Tax adm<strong>in</strong>istration’s structures and procedures<br />

has no significant relationship with Taxpayers’ compliance attitude.<br />

H02: Taxpayers’ knowledge has no significant relationship with Taxpayers’ compliance attitude.<br />

H03: Taxpayers’ perception <strong>of</strong> governance has no significant relationship with Taxpayers’ compliance<br />

attitude.<br />

The population <strong>of</strong> this study comprises <strong>of</strong> all <strong>in</strong>corporated companies (private and public) chargeable to<br />

tax under <strong>the</strong> Companies Income Tax Act <strong>in</strong> Nigeria with <strong>the</strong> exception <strong>of</strong> companies <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> oil and gas<br />

<strong>in</strong>dustry, which are subject to <strong>the</strong> petroleum pr<strong>of</strong>its tax. However, Lagos State is considered an<br />

appropriate site for this study as <strong>the</strong> state alone harbours 60% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Federation’s total <strong>in</strong>dustrial<br />

<strong>in</strong>vestments and foreign trade while also attract<strong>in</strong>g 65% <strong>of</strong> Nigeria’s commercial activities (The Academy<br />

<strong>of</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Strategy, 2011). Us<strong>in</strong>g a sampl<strong>in</strong>g frame constructed <strong>of</strong> companies with registered <strong>of</strong>fices <strong>in</strong><br />

Lagos state, a sample size <strong>of</strong> two hundred (200), constitut<strong>in</strong>g 25 percent <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sampl<strong>in</strong>g frame was<br />

selected by <strong>the</strong> simple random sampl<strong>in</strong>g technique. A five-po<strong>in</strong>t Likert scale-questionnaire was used to<br />

seek <strong>the</strong> perceptions <strong>of</strong> managers <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> companies. Rice (cited <strong>in</strong> Otusanya, 2011) noted that managerial<br />

preferences play an important role <strong>in</strong> corporate compliance. Analyses were done us<strong>in</strong>g Mean, Standard<br />

deviation and Pearson correlations. A L<strong>in</strong>ear Regression analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> full model <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> relationship<br />

proposed and stated as follows was also carried out.<br />

Y = βο + β1Χ1 β2Χ2 β3Χ3 + ε where:<br />

Y = Taxpayers’ compliance attitude; βο, β1β2β3= Regression Coefficients<br />

Χ1 = Perception on Tax adm<strong>in</strong> client service and procedures<br />

Χ2 = Tax Knowledge; Χ3 = Perception on Governance <strong>in</strong> tax adm<strong>in</strong>istration<br />

ε= Error term<br />

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