Abstract :
Tolerable tax burden means the tax rate which the taxpayers accept to pay voluntarily from their taxable sources. Increasing of tolerable tax burden reduces the operational costs of taxation. Therefore, every country wants to increase the tolerable tax burden. In this study, the level of tolerable tax burden and its increasing/decreasing reasons have been investigated. For this purpose, a survey has been conducted with 1410 taxpayers in Turkey. Findings indicate, the tolerable tax burden is 13% in Turkey, approximately. The ordered probit regression analysis has been made to present the factors which determine this result. According to results of regression analysis, the most important factors which are effective on tolerable tax burden in Turkey are perception of public expenditures, tax fairness, subjective tax burden, general economic position of the country, perception of transparency, tax morale, the duration of tax liability, level of education, the type of tax, the level of tax awareness, the level of citizenship awareness and traditionalism level.
