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CHAPTER ONE 1.1   INTRODUCTION A statesman and philosopher “Benjamin Franklin” observed that “in this world nothing is certain but death and tax are certain.” Our ancestor spontaneously paid their taxes in kind for the progress of the community as a whole. Right from independent 1960, the Nigeria Government seemed to have a definite conception of direction in which economy should move. There had been some economic problems which policymakers had ...

CHAPTER ONE  INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background To The Study  Tax constitutes a system of raising money from corporate institutions and persons unbehalf of the government for developmental programmes. Tax is a compulsory contribution imposed by government on eligible tax payers in the country to aid in the financing of government expenditures in the provision of essential services such as education, health services, road constructions, security, social payments etc.  Taxes are imposed ...