Taxation can be variously defined. Fundamentally, however, it is of course a compulsory levy on income since the decision to pay tax is not that of the taxpayers. According to Amaechina (1998:9), taxation has been defined as "a levy which a government imposed on the income of the citizens or corporation in a state for which the government make no direct benefit to the taxpayer"; or.”a non-punitive but yet a compulsory levy by government on the properties and income of individual and corporation". The government cannot build a school or a hospital personally for somebody because he has paid his taxes, but the money realized is used.tp finance general government expenditures.
Every tax imposed on Nigerian companies or organization needs continual interpretation of its specific application and effect on the various transactions of the organization. The field of taxation changes every moment or everyday as announced by the new ruling courts and also as laws are being made as announced by new government. Therefore, every organization needs to be at alert to such changes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.0BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.2STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1.3PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1.4SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.5RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.6HYPOTHESES
1.7SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.8DEFINITION OF TERMS
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1HISTORY OF TAXATION IN NIGERIA
2.2 THEORY OF TAXATION
2.3THE NEED FOR COMPANY TAX
2.4.FRAMEWORK OF NIGERIA'S CORPORATE
2.5TAXATION AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS
CAPITAL GAIN TAX AND INVESMENT DECISIONS
2.6 TAXATION AND FINANCIAL DECISIONS
2.7EFFECTS OF TAXES ON FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS
2.8 EFFECT OF INCOME TAX ON BUSINESS DECISIONS
2.9.SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1RESEARCH DESIGN
3.2AREA OF STUDY
3.3.POPULATION OF THE STUDY
3.4SAMPLE OF THE STUDY
3.5.INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION
3.6.VALIDATION OF THE INSTRUMENT
3.7DISTRIBUTION AND RETRIEVAL OF THE
3.8 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
4.1 DATA PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION
4.2 FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
4.3DISCUSSIONS OF THE FINDINGS
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION
RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
5.2 CONCLUSION
5.3RECOMMENDATIONS
5.4LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
5.5 SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER STUDY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
