Two-Way Anova for the Study of Revenue Mobilization Inequalities
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Kwaku F. Darkwah
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Richard Tawiah
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Maxwell Adu-Gyamfi
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Published 2015-12-20
https://doi.org/10.15388/LJS.2015.13879
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Keywords

Analysis of variance
Ghana
Revenue Mobilization Instrument
Taxation

How to Cite

Darkwah, K.F., Tawiah, R. and Adu-Gyamfi, M. (2015) “Two-Way Anova for the Study of Revenue Mobilization Inequalities”, Lithuanian Journal of Statistics, 54(1), pp. 45–51. doi:10.15388/LJS.2015.13879.

Abstract

The Ghanaian informal sector is characterized by underemployment, bad working conditions, uncertain workrelationships and low earnings. This sector employs 80% of the workforce. Consequently, establishing an efficient tax systemthat can raise sufficient revenue to finance essential expenditures without recourse to government borrowing has been achallenge. Using time series data extracted from a revenue mobilization unit in Ghana, this paper examines the inequalities infour revenue mobilization instruments, namely self-employed tax, company tax, Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax andmiscellaneous taxes. The study uses the theory of two-way ANOVA as the main approach for exploring the differences. Weassessed the adequacy of our theoretical approach using numerical methods. Revenues generated from the mobilizationinstruments differed significantly with exception of self-employed tax and company tax. Generally, revenue from company,self-employed and miscellaneous taxes were low, compared to Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax. This study draws attention tothe importance of enhancing the informal sector in order to improve revenue from self-employed tax.
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