Economic Journal of Emerging Markets
Volume 10 Issue 1, 2018

Strategies for increasing tax revenue in tourism sector

Horas Djulius (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Pasundan, Bandung)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Mar 2018

Abstract

This study examines taxpayer considerations to fulfill their obligations since lawenforcement and tax administration improvement were not adequate to explain thegap between actual tax and its target. A survey was conducted to hotel, restaurantand tourist destination managers in Bandung since one-third of local taxes derivedfrom the tourism sector. We use a probit model to clarify the influence of religiousactivities, trust in government institutions, public services, people's pride, prodemocraticattitude, to taxpayer morality. The study concludes that taxpayers in thetourism sector have a higher local tax morality than central tax morality and only thepublic services which have a consistent and significant impact on both tax moralities.The local governments and central government can develop improved strategies toincrease revenue from tourism sector by providing better public service, whichdirectly or indirectly enhances the tourism sector performance.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JEP

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

The Economic Journal of Emerging Markets (EJEM) is a peer-reviewed journal which provides a forum for scientific works pertaining to emerging market economies. Published every April and October, this journal welcomes original research papers on all aspects of economic development issues. The journal ...