This paper briefly discusses the three views that have emerged over the centuries on the ethics of tax evasion, then summarizes the results of several opinion surveys that were conducted on the topic. The paper concludes with a discussion of how these study results may be used in the classroom

Very little has been written about tax evasion from an ethical perspective. Most of the prior research explores the public finance and policy implications of tax evasion. This study investigates the ethics of tax evasion utilizing a survey instrument consisting of 18 statements. These statements...

This paper reports on the results of an empirical study that examined the opinions of a wide range of individuals in six Latin American countries and the USA. Data was taken from a wider study that gathered information on human beliefs and values in 85 countries. The present study had a sample...

The ethics of tax evasion has been discussed sporadically in the theological and philosophical literature for at least 500 years. Martin Crowe wrote a doctoral thesis that reviewed much of that literature in 1944. This paper begins with a review of the literature, then identifies the main issues...

The ethics of tax evasion has been discussed sporadically in the theological and philosophical literature for at least 500 years. Martin Crowe wrote a doctoral thesis that reviewed much of that literature in 1944. The debate revolved around about 15 issues. Over the centuries, three main views...

Tax evasion is widespread in transition economies. There are two main reasons: the lack of infrastructure to collect taxes and the widespread belief on the part of taxpayers that there is little or no moral duty to pay taxes. This paper reports the results of a survey on the ethics of tax...

In 1944, Martin Crowe, a Catholic priest, wrote a doctoral dissertation titled The Moral Obligation of Paying Just Taxes. His dissertation summarized and analyzed 500 years of theological and philosophical debate on this topic, which identified three basic philosophical positions on the issue....

In 1944, Martin Crowe, a Catholic priest, wrote a doctoral dissertation titled The Moral Obligation of Paying Just Taxes. His dissertation summarized and analyzed 500 years of theological and philosophical debate on this topic, which identified three basic philosophical positions on the issue....

This paper examines some of the data that was gathered as part of a much larger study on human beliefs and values. Specifically, it examines the views of the Vietnamese sample on the issue of tax evasion. After reviewing the literature of the ethics of tax evasion that has emerged over the last...