Can Religious and Machiavellian Influence Tax Evasion? Research Based on Gender and Age Perspective

Abstract

This study aims to empirically examine the effect of religiosity and Machiavellian on tax evasion and to examine the differences in each variable based on gender and age perspectives. The population and sample in this study are taxpayers in the Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY) who have reported their tax obligations with a total sample of 140 respondents. This research method is quantitative with multiple regression analysis to test the effect of independent variables on the dependent variable and independent sample t-test to test differences in perspectives based on gender and age. The sampling technique uses simple random sampling technique.  Questionnaires were distributed using personally administered questionnaires and electronically using a google form. The results of this study indicate that intrinsic religiosity has no effect on tax evasion, extrinsic religiosity has a positive effect on tax evasion and maciavellian has a positive effect on tax evasion. There are differences in the level of intrinsic religiosity, extrinsic religiosity, machiavellian and tax evasion based on gender. There is no difference in the level of intrinsic religiosity, extrinsic religiosity and machiavellian based on the age perspective, but there are differences in the level of tax evasion based on the age perspective.