Wednesday, 28 December 2016

EFFECTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE EFFICIENCY OF TAX ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA

 EFFECTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE EFFICIENCY OF TAX ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA 


This  research  study  examines  the  Effect  of  Information Technology on the Efficiency of Tax Administration in Nigeria, a case Study of Enugu State Board of Internal Revenue. Its main objective is to find out whether the application of Information Technology increases efficiency on tax administration. For the purpose of this study, the researcher adopted the method of survey Research Design.

Data used in this research were gotten from  both  primary  and  secondary  sources  including questionnaires  and  textbooks  respectively.  These  data  were analyzed  and  presented  in  tables.  Three  (3)  hypotheses  were formulated and tested using  the  Analysis  of  variance(ANOVA) method. The findings of this research tend to show that effective tax administration resulting from the application of Information Technology leads to an increase in tax base as more potential taxpayers are drawn into the tax net when there is a conducive environment.

It is recommended in this work that enlightenment campaign be made available for the masses and also adequate training for the tax officials on the use of modern technology

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