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List of figures | p. vii |
List of tables | p. ix |
Foreword | p. xi |
Preface | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Tax law, the shadow economy and tax non-compliance | p. 5 |
Complexity of tax law | p. 5 |
Shadow economy | p. 13 |
Tax compliance versus non-compliance | p. 21 |
Definitions of tax compliance, avoidance and evasion | p. 21 |
Diffusion of income tax evasion | p. 23 |
Social representations of taxes | p. 28 |
Subjective knowledge and mental concepts | p. 31 |
Subjective knowledge | p. 31 |
Subjective concepts of taxation | p. 39 |
Attitudes | p. 49 |
Norms | p. 58 |
Personal norms | p. 59 |
Social norms | p. 64 |
Societal norms | p. 70 |
Behaviour control: perceived opportunities of non-compliance | p. 72 |
Fairness | p. 73 |
Distributive justice | p. 78 |
Procedural justice | p. 84 |
Retributive justice | p. 87 |
Individual and situational differences in justice concerns | p. 90 |
Justice and social identification | p. 93 |
Motivation to comply | p. 96 |
Motivational postures | p. 96 |
Tax morale | p. 99 |
Tax compliance decisions | p. 103 |
Audit probabilities, fines, tax rate and income effects | p. 107 |
Audit rates | p. 108 |
Fines | p. 111 |
Marginal tax rate | p. 114 |
Income | p. 115 |
Reasons for weak effects of audits and fines | p. 116 |
Repeated audits | p. 118 |
Heuristics, biases and framing effects | p. 129 |
Self-employment and taxpaying | p. 152 |
Interaction between tax authorities and taxpayers | p. 167 |
Cautious conclusions | p. 182 |
Methodological concerns | p. 182 |
Summary of research findings | p. 187 |
Interaction between tax authorities and taxpayers | p. 189 |
Social representations of taxes | p. 191 |
Deciding to pay taxes | p. 197 |
Self-employment and paying taxes out of pocket | p. 200 |
The 'slippery-slope model': trust in authorities and voluntary compliance versus power of authorities and enforced compliance | p. 202 |
References | p. 207 |
Index | p. 233 |
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