p to advice on tax planning to make savings lather than playing a hide and seek game with tax authorities. Further to this, the study mends that there is need to have NGOs to sensitize the respondents as to the need to do formal tax planning as it could increase their Business profitabilityРImplications on Policy Theory and PracticeРThis study though confined to investigate the influence of tax planning onРfinancial performance of small scale enterprises has established that little tax planning take place among the small enterprises and therefore tax Authorities and the chamber merce should write a position paper to address the awareness and use of tax planning by small scale enterprises. This would improve the growth rate of the small enterprises and there after the growth of the economy.