Antecedents of paperless income tax filing by young professionals in India: An exploratory study

Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-90

  Ojha, Amitabh ^a   Sahu, G P ^b   Gupta, M P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Government; Income tax; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349306836     PISSN: 17506166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506160910940740     Document Type: Article

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