Implementing Electronic Filing of Tax Returns: Insights from the Singapore Experience

Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 3-18

  Teo, Thompson S H ^a   Wong, Poh Kam ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

challenges; electronic filing; Internet; IRAS; issues lessons; Singapore; tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250875720     PISSN: 15228053     EISSN: 23336897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228053.2005.10856062     Document Type: Article

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