Impact of tax culture on compliance with obligations in Los Esteros parish, Manta, Ecuador

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18418588

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Tax culture, tax obligation, income tax, popular business

Abstract

Tax culture is understood as the set of values and attitudes towards the tax system and directly influences the willingness of citizens to comply with their tax duties. The objective was to analyze the incidence of the tax culture in the fulfillment of tax obligations of the income tax of the taxpayers of the popular business regime of the parish of Los Esteros, Manta, Ecuador. A mixed approach was applied, with a non-experimental and cross-sectional design, using a structured survey to a sample of 201 contributors. The statistical analysis was performed using the Spearman test to measure the correlation between the variables. The results revealed a positive and significant relationship between tax knowledge and attitudes with formal and voluntary compliance. Although most respondents acknowledged the importance of paying taxes, deficiencies in training and tax information persisted. It is concluded that strengthening tax education and institutional trust is essential to promote voluntary compliance, improve tax equity and consolidate a sustainable tax culture in the local context studied.

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2026-01-01

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Impact of tax culture on compliance with obligations in Los Esteros parish, Manta, Ecuador. (2026). GEDI-PRAXIS, Revista De Gestión, Educación Y Ciencias Sociales, 4(1), e0401007. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18418588