MODEL MORAL DAN KEPATUHAN PERPAJAKAN: WAJIB PAJAK ORANG PRIBADI

Abstract

This research aims to analyze personal tax compliance and its affecting factors. It is motivated by the current condition of Indonesian taxation system compared to other ASEAN countries i.e. lower tax income, lower tax ratio and tax coverage ratio. The government of Indonesia has maintained tax campaign to increase tax compliance but its effectivesness has not been examined yet. This research argues that government must consider behavioral theory and scientific method to develop effective tax policy for personal tax payer. The research analyzes 232 personal tax payers in Semarang city by doing field survey. Societal and economic or deterrence variables are used to predict tax morale, in which tax morale will determine lax compliance. The results suggested that tax morale is not coming from internal motivation but it is more enfornced by external factor such as high tax fine. Higher tax fine will lead to the decreasing degree of tax morale, however, a tax payer is still willing to pay tax because they avoid adding more expenses by tax fine. This research also finds that the degree of tax morale determine tax compliance. Finnally, this research concludes that Indonesia has enforced tax compliance (not voluntary tax compliance), means that tax audit and fine must be managed intensively. The government needs to increase voluntary tax compliane byfixing and building trust in law and tax regulation.