Why people pay taxes: The case of the development levy in Tanzania

World Development

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2059-2074

  Fjeldstad, Odd Helge ^a,b   Semboja, Joseph ^b  

^a CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b REPOA   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Compliance; Local government; Tanzania; Tax collection; Tax evasion; Taxation

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; DECISION MAKING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; TAX SYSTEM;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0035675845     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(01)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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