Identifying and prioritizing risks of tax non-compliance

AbstractIn the last two decades, in order to reduce the size of the tax gap, the tax authorities of developed countries have shifted from risk-based tax audit to voluntary compliance management. Therefore structure of the tax offices has changed. In tax compliance management, it is important to identify non-compliant incentives to adopt preventive strategies. In this study to identify non-compliance stimuli, after semi-structured interviews with 30 tax experts and using Thematic Analysis and coding method stimulants and indicators identified. Parallel comparison questionnaires were distributed to statistical sample. By using (AHP), effective stimuli in tax non-compliance and related indicators were ranked.The most important stimulus for tax non-compliance risk has been the executive processes, and after that, the stimulus for risk has come from the rules. The level of technology is in the third place and the level of knowledge of the organization is in the last place. The innovation of this research is its focus on identifying internal non-compliance stimuli that can be influenced by the tax administration's policy.Therefore the Iranian Tax Administration can use the results of this research to make changes or amendments to laws, regulations and executive process. Also by increasing the level of technology and organizational knowledge can play a more effective role in managing tax compliance.