Arbeitspapier

Tax compliance and information provision: A field experiment with small firms

We study tax compliance in Slovenia using data generated in a field experiment. Small accounting companies were randomly assigned to an untreated control group and two treatment groups. Companies in the first treatment group received a letter that highlighted the importance of paying taxes and informed about the likelihood of becoming subject to an audit. In the second treatment group, tax officers from the tax authorities handed out in person the same letter that companies in the first treatment group received by post. The results indicate that such letters can increase compliance, and trigger even more compliance if handed over in person. These findings are in line with the theoretical predictions that we derive to rationalize the experiment.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 15-028

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Firm
National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
Field Experiments
Thema
Tax Compliance
Audits
Randomized Field Experiment
Tax authority
Information provision

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Doerrenberg, Philipp
Schmitz, Jan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2015

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-391883
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Doerrenberg, Philipp
  • Schmitz, Jan
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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