ABSTRACT
This research work was undertaken to examine the impact of taxation as a tool of fiscal policy. The study is aimed at putting together those factors that constitute those variables which the government uses to manipulate the economy. The source of data to this research work are both from gathered from Secondary data, which is from various text books, internet materials and primary data through the use of questionnaires that was filled by various respondent. The result of the research shows that in this country, a great proportion of government revenue, which should have been proportion of government revenue, which should have been generated from taxation, are lost through an ineffective system of tax administration. Hence, making it difficult for taxation to be used as a tool of fiscal policies. Effective tax administration should be put in place to ensure that everybody is brought to the tax net. They should be transparency in the part of the government in providing the social amenities to the populate to encourage people to pay their tax.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pages
TITLE PAGE I
CERTIFICATION II
DEDICATION III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IV
ABSTRACT V
TABLE OF CONTENTS VI-VII
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1
1.1 SIGNIFICANCE AND JUSTIFICATION FOR THE STUDY 4
1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 5
1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 5
1.3 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 5
1.4 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 5
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTION 6
1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS 6
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1. HISTORY OF TAXATION 9
2.1.1 TAX SYSTEM IN NIGERIA 12
2.1.2 HISTORY OF TAXATION IN NIGERIA 12
2.2 MEANING OF TAXATION 14
2.2.1 IMPORTANCE OF TAXATION 16
2.2.2 PROBLEMS OF TAX SYSTEM DESIGN 20
2.2.3 CRITERIA FOR AND PRINCIPLE OF TAXATION CRITERIA
FOR TAXES 21
2.2.2 THE INCIDENCE OF TAXATION 29
2.3 FISCAL POLICY AND STABILITY 31
2.3.1 IMPACT OF TAXATION AS A FISCAL POLICY TOOL ON
PRODUCTION EMPLOYMENT AND PRICE LEVEL. 39
2.4 IMPACT OF TAXATION ON OUTPUT AND PRICE AT LESS
THAN FULL EMPLOYMENT 40
2.5 IMPACT OF TAXATION ON OUTPUT AND PRICE IN PERIOD OF
MORE THAN FULL EMPLOYMENT (OR EXCESSIVE DEMAND)42
2.6 IMPACT ON GROWTH 43
2.7 IMPACT OF THE 2008 FISCAL POLICIES IN NIGERIA ON
2009 FISCAL YEAR 44
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1.0 PRE-TEST SURVEY 53
3.1.1 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION 53
3.1.1 QUESTIONNAIRE METHOD 53
3.1.2 LIBRARY 55
3.2.0 PROCEDURE 55
3.2.1 SAMPLING PROCEDURE 55
3.2.3 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES 55
3.2.3 RANDOM SAMPLING 55
3.2.4 PREFERENTIAL SAMPLING 55
3.3.1 DESIGNING / FRAMING OF QUESTIONS 55
3.3.2 COLLECTION AND RECORDING DATA 56
3.3.3 PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF DATA 56
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
4.1.0 DATA PRESENTATION ACCORDING TO RESEARCH
QUESTION 57
4.1.1 BIODATA OF RESPONDENTS 57
4.1.2 CLASSIFICATION BY GENDER 57
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 SUMMARY 66
5.2 CONCLUSION 66
5.3 RECOMMENDATION 68
