PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME CULPABILITY: BRIBERY, PERJURY, AND FRAUD”

Economic

The purpose of this research was to ascertain taxpayers' perceptions of the severity of tax evasion in comparison to other offences in general and white-collar crimes in Pakistan. We compared tax evasion's impression to that of twenty other offences, ranging from major crimes such as rape and murder to comparatively modest offences like running a stop sign. Due to the current attention on white-collar scandals by politicians and the media, as well as a dearth of comparisons in the earlier literature, we included six white-collar offences. In general, the findings imply that tax evasion is seen as a minor offence. When we compared tax evasion to other white-collar crimes, we discovered that tax evasion was regarded to be on a level with minimum wage legislation infractions but was assessed as less severe than the other four white-collar crimes analyzed. Most demographic variables (age, gender, education or income level, political affiliation, etc.) did not seem to be associated with tax evasion views. However, the taxpayers' location did have an influence. These results contrast with those of numerous earlier research.

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