TAXATION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF FISCAL POLICY IN NIGERIA
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ABSTRACT
This research work is an attempt to examine how taxation is used as a fiscal policy tool in planning, controlling and co-ordinating the tempo of some of the activities of the economy. It has been made for all those who may be interested in carrying out a study on issues like re-distribution of income; inflation control; resource re-allocation and protection of infant industries. However, the research study made use of primary data analysis and questionnaire were distributed to one hundred and fifty (150) respondents civil servant employee of Lagos State Government and spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was adopted as the estimation techniques. More over, the objectives of the study is to examine whether taxation as a fiscal policy instrument can be used for income redistribution among the Lagos civil servants and also to examine whether Income re-distribution can improve the welfare of Lagos State Civil Servants. More so, two research hypotheses were tested using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient using 5% level of significance and the result revealed that taxation as a fiscal policy instrument can be used for income redistribution among the Lagos civil servants and that income re-distribution has help to improve the welfare of Lagos State Civil Servants. Therefore the study then recommended and concluded that Government should create a transparent and accountable system to ensure that tax is used to build a more equitable society, redistribute wealth and attract investment flows into the state and Government should bridge the gap between the rich and the poor by taxing the rich high and using the tax proceeds to provide basic amenities for the masses in Lagos State.
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