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Adoption of e-filing: the US journey

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  • Shuming Bai
  • Kai S. Koong
  • Fan Wu
  • Jay Bhuyan

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To promote effective tax administration, the United States Congress set a goal of 80% of all tax returns filed electronically by 2007. The deadline was extended to 2012, which saw 69% accomplished. Using time series analysis from 2005 to 2016, this study analyses the advancements of electronic tax filings in the USA. Several interesting observations are reported. First, individual e-filing has reached the goal in 2012. Second, overall trends indicate continuous and steady progress both by volume and by share. Third, the total e-filing ratio shows monotonical increase over the years but is still shy of the target in 2016. Fourth, individual e-filing constitutes the majority while business and tax-exempt e-file comprises 15% of the total. Fifth, employment tax e-file, while constituting over half of business e-file, ranks the lowest due to few mandates. Finally, several strategies and recommendations are proposed to reach the composite target.

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  • Shuming Bai & Kai S. Koong & Fan Wu & Jay Bhuyan, 2019. "Adoption of e-filing: the US journey," International Journal of Revenue Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(1/2), pages 1-22.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijrevm:v:11:y:2019:i:1/2:p:1-22
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