E-government services online: An exploratory study on tax e-filing in Malaysia

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 12-24

  Dorasamy, Magiswary ^a   Marimuthu, Maran ^b   Raman, Murali ^a   Kaliannan, Maniam ^c  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

E filing; E government; Malaysia; Online services; Tax payers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953097699     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2010100102     Document Type: Article

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