Pope8, evans et al9, mckerchar et al10 and lignier and evans11 have investigated tax compliance costs for small businesses in australia. Large business and tax compliance broadcast sent to tax practitioners on february 12 to advise of the commissioners recent letter regarding large business and tax compliance. As a consequence, small business owners may attest more power to tax authorities and report that they lack competence and autonomy in dealing with tax matters ahmed and braithwaite, 2005. Time costs of office work of tax accounting by major types of taxes in 2016 and percentage of taxpayers who.
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