Oladele, Aribaba, Adeniran & Babatunde. E-Tax Administration and Tax Compliance…
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Original Research Article
E-Tax Administration and Tax Compliance among Corporate
Taxpayers in Nigeria
Oladele Rotimi
1
, Aribaba Foluso Olugbenga
2
, Adediran Rasheed Adekunle
3
&
Babatunde Adebola D
4
1, 2, 4
Department of Accounting, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria.
3
Department of Accounting, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria.
For Correspondence, email: rotimi.oladele@fuoye.edu.ng
Received: 29/04/2020 Accepted: 26/04/2020
Abstract
The impact of electronic tax administration on tax compliance and the resultant effect on tax
revenue has been examined. The quantitative research design was employed using existing
data sourced from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Data were tax revenue posted
seven years before and after the adoption of e-tax administration by the FIRS in 2013. Data
so sourced were analyzed using descriptive statistics and pairwise t-test to ascertain if a
difference exists and or relationship between pre-and post-e-tax revenue. The study found a
strong connection between the electronic tax system and tax compliance (tax revenue) as
shown by the pairwise test (p-value of 0.012<0.05). Also, the mean tax revenue during post-
and pre-e-tax of (4466828.5714>3051200.0000); and an average annual variation in overall
tax revenue of N1.4trillion compared with pre-electronic tax period demonstrated a
significant difference. With these, the study affirmed that a strong association exists between
electronic taxation and tax compliance. Therefore, the service should always further work on
its Information Communication Technology (ICT) architecture/infrastructure for easy access
and flexibility to encourage taxpayers as well as enhancing robust tax administration. In all,
security measures should be put in place regularly to prevent hackers, malicious attacks and
other disasters inherent in ICT based environment.
Keywords: E-taxation, tax compliance, taxpayers, tax revenue, ICT-facilities, malicious
attack