changing the way we live and creating new consumption behaviors and expectation from citizens. It has opened new doors to private organizations racing to get the most from digital technologies to entice their customers. Those customers are now expecting a similar level of innovation and quality services from their revenue agencies.
examines the digital maturity of national revenue agencies in nine countries (Australia, France, Germany, Indonesia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States) and assesses the extent to which they are fulfilling the digital demands of their taxpayers and delivering public service for the future. It reveals digital security is no longer the primary concern of citizens and that digital is their preferred method of interaction with revenue agencies.
Whether they need it to access their online banking services or to contact their public services organization, this triple A has become part of their daily lives.
However, surprisingly, more than half of the taxpayers surveyed were contacted by revenue agencies only via non-digital channels. The level of digital offering from many revenue agencies simply isn’t broad or sophisticated enough to match taxpayer needs.
Yet revenue agencies online services should not stop there. To improve taxpayers’ engagement and voluntary compliance, revenue agencies need to provide a new user centric approach and a seamless communication experience. This will avoid citizens having to go through a combination of online channel and phone calls which seems to be the standard today in all the countries surveyed.
Taxpayers are keen on an improved experience and are open to a variety of solutions as long as they remain simple and easy to use, which is ranked by citizens as the top first priority, surprisingly, before security matters.
Taxpayers want digital services not only to contact their revenue agencies but also to be contacted through them instead of traditional modes of communication.
For taxpayers, the most important characteristic of digital services is simplicity.
Taxpayers want revenue agencies online to act as a central digital hub for both accessing information and contact.