IMPROVING TAX AUDIT AND INVESTIGATION IN NIGERIA
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ABSTRACT
The study focused on improving tax audit and investigation using Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS ) Lagos State as case study. Survey research design was employed for the study and with the aid of convenience sampling method, 80 participant was selected as the respondent for the study. Well structure questionnaire was issued to the enrolled participants of which 77 of the instrument were retrieved and validated for the study. Data was analyzed in simple percentage using frequencies and tables. Hypothesis tested was conducted using Pearson correlation Statistical Tool (SPSS v.2.3).
Findings from the test revealed that there is a significant relationship between tax audit and investigation in Nigeria in GDP. More also, the results show that tax audit and investigation aid resolving of the problem of tax evasion in Nigeria. The study recommends that there is a need for tax audit department autonomy to be able to carry-out their responsibility effectively as specified in Federal Inland Revenue Service Establishment Act 2007. Also, Tax audit should be carried out on a routine basis to prevent tax evasion and extreme tax avoidance by the tax payers.
