A study on factor that influence zakat on income payment among Universiti Teknologi MARA Dungun (UiTM) staff

Zakat on income is already launched in Malaysia since 10 years ago, and some of the states under the Fatwa Committee States have considered it as mandatory. The main objective of this study is to determine the relationship between dependent variables (factors influencing the zakat on income payment) with independent variables (demographic, effectiveness of institution, attitudes and knowledge factor) and identify the most contributing factor that influence individual participation in zakat on income payments among UiTM staffs in Dungun. Zakat is collected and disbursed to the eight groups of eligible recipients by each state in Malaysia. In Terengganu also has been one of the states that have institution of MAID AM which manage of zakat collection and distributes them. This study will cover one types of zakat which is zakat on income and emphasized to UiTM Dungun staff in order to get feedback from the respondents among the UiTM Dungun staffs. This will cover about the effectiveness of institution, attitudes and also knowledge factor.