Journal of Tax Policy, Economics, and Accounting (TAXPEDIA) is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics, scholarly integrity, editorial independence, and transparency in academic publishing.

The journal follows ethical publishing principles, including guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.

Authors of TAXPEDIA must comply with ethical standards of academic authorship. Authorship should be based on substantial contribution to the conception or design of the study, data collection, analysis, interpretation, drafting, critical revision, final approval, and accountability for all aspects of the work.

Authors must disclose the use of AI-assisted technologies, including large language models, chatbots, image generators, grammar tools, or data-processing tools, when such tools are used in preparing the manuscript.

TAXPEDIA only considers original scholarly work. Submission to this journal indicates that the manuscript has not been published elsewhere and is not under review by another journal, book, proceeding, or publication outlet.

The peer review process is a fundamental mechanism for academic quality assurance. Manuscripts that pass the initial editorial screening are reviewed by independent reviewers with relevant expertise in taxation, economics, accounting, public finance, regulation, or related policy studies.

Authors may submit an appeal if they believe that an editorial decision was made based on misunderstanding, technical error, conflict of interest, or incomplete consideration. Appeals must provide a clear explanation and supporting evidence. The final decision of the editorial board is final.

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, institutional, academic, political, ideological, or personal interests that may influence the manuscript, review, or editorial decision. Reviewers and editors with conflicts of interest must recuse themselves from the process.

The journal encourages authors to support transparency and reproducibility by providing relevant datasets, supplementary materials, research instruments, or analytical codes where appropriate and ethically permissible.

Research involving human participants, personal data, vulnerable groups, institutions, or sensitive information must follow applicable ethical standards. Authors must obtain ethical clearance and informed consent where required by institutional or national regulations.

Authors certify that submitted manuscripts are their original intellectual property and do not violate copyright, licensing, or intellectual property rights of third parties. Published articles in TAXPEDIA are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), unless otherwise stated.

Any suspected violations of publication ethics, including plagiarism, authorship disputes, data manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, duplicate submission, or inappropriate editorial conduct, should be reported to the Editor-in-Chief or editorial office of Journal of Tax Policy, Economics, and Accounting (TAXPEDIA). All reports will be handled with confidentiality, fairness, and due process.