Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/229418 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2021/17
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper conducts an impact evaluation of the effects of two tax administration interventions-a taxpayer register expansion and education programme, and a new electronic filing system for presumptive tax-on the number of small business taxpayers and presumptive tax revenues in Uganda. Using a difference-in-differences approach and administrative data covering both presumptive taxpayers and comparable small corporate income taxpayers, we find that the number of small business taxpayers filing tax returns and presumptive tax revenues increased substantially after the interventions. We argue that the interventions complement each other because both interventions were established around the same years, and the taxpayer register expansion programme focused on not only registering but also educating taxpayers with regard to tax compliance. We analyse the cost-effectiveness of the taxpayer register expansion programme and find that the benefits outweigh the costs.
Subjects: 
tax administration
small businesses
tax compliance
electronic filing
impact evaluation
administrative data
JEL: 
H25
H71
O17
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-951-8
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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