The Influence of Knowledge, Motivation and Perception on Career Interest in Taxation (Case Study at Students of Tax Accounting 2019-2021)

This study aims to determine the influence of knowledge, motivation, and perception on student interest in pursuing a career in taxation within the Department of Taxation Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business at Padjadjaran University. The study involved 70 active students from the Department of Taxation Accounting D4 at Padjadjaran University for the academic years 2019-2021. The data used in this research were primary data, and the sampling method employed was Non-Probability Sampling. Multiple linear regression analysis was used with a significance level of 5%. The first stage involved testing the validity and reliability of each variable's statements. The second stage focused on conducting multiple regression analyses of the variables of knowledge, motivation, and perception on students' interest in pursuing a career in taxation. The results of the model's goodness-of-fit test indicated that all three independent variables, namely Knowledge, Motivation, and Perception, had a simultaneous influence on students' interest in pursuing a career in taxation within the Department of Taxation Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business at Padjadjaran University. Conducting career planning is an important for students before entering the world of work. To increase a sense of interest in a career in the taxation sector, proper knowledge, motivation and perception are needed. Individual can be influent their intention to do or not to do the desirable chosen their profession interest