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One of the biggest state revenue to support the country's life is taxes. Tax compliance is one of the factors that affect the size of a state income tax. This study aimed to examine the effect of tax knowledge, tax awareness, quality of service tax authorities, tax rates, and tax penalties on tax compliance SMEs.The population in this study is the taxpayer SMEs in Gayamsari, Semarang City as much as 80 SMEs that are in 7 villages namely, Gayamari, Tambakrejo, Kaligawe, large rice fields, Siwalan, Tendean Lamper, Sambirejo. The sampling method is done by census sampling method, the number of taxpayers SME population in Sub Gayamsari entirely used as a sample in the study. The analysis tool used is multiple linear regression.The results showed that knowledge of tax significant positive effect on the SME tax compliance, tax awareness significant positive effect on the SME tax compliance, service quality fiskus significant positive effect on the SME tax compliance, tax rates significant positive effect on the taxpayer kepatuhaan SMEs, and tax penalties significant positive effect on the SME. Keywords: Knowledge Tax,Tax Awareness,Service Quality authorities,Tax Rate Tax Sanctions, Taxpayer Compliance SMEs.

Willingness to pay taxes is a necessary first step to carry out taxation. It's own volition arise based on many factors that influence it. This study was to find out how much influence the awareness factor to pay taxes, knowledge and understanding of tax regulations, a good perception of the effectiveness of the tax system, and the Sunset Policy jointly on the level of willingness to pay taxes in the region of UMKM Semarang. Data collection is done by collecting primary data in the form of questionnaires. The research sample consists of 131 taxpayers who have been willing to fill in questionnaires. While a decent sample processed in this study were 125 questionnaires. Method to answer the research question is processed by linear regression using SPSS. Results of research showed that: (1) consciousness of paying taxes and a significant positive effect on willingness to pay taxes. (2) Knowledge and understanding of tax regulations have a negative influence and no significant on willingness to pay taxes. (3) A good perception of the effectiveness of the tax system has positive affect and significant on willingness to pay taxes. Key words: Willingness to pay taxes, Consciousness of paying taxes, Knowledge and understanding of tax regulations, a good perception of the  effectiveness of the tax system