Taxation and Public Finance
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): DECEMBER 2025

Smart Tax Governance: Empirical Evidence for an Integrated Accounting Legal Reform Model in Egypt

Lotfy, Amin ElSayed Ahmed (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Dec 2025

Abstract

This study proposes an original and integrated accounting legal reform model to proactively prevent and resolve tax disputes in Egypt, a framework not previously developed or empirically tested in the national context. It addresses persistent systemic challenges, including ambiguous tax regulations, inconsistent accounting documentation, prolonged dispute resolution processes, and low stakeholder trust. Using a mixed-methods approach, data were collected from surveys of 300 stakeholders tax auditors, certified public accountants, legal experts, and corporate taxpayers supplemented by semi-structured interviews and international benchmarking with advanced tax jurisdictions. Intelligent simulation tools were employed to evaluate alternative legal accounting structures and predict dispute trajectories. The findings show that tax disputes decline significantly when accounting transparency, legal codification, and digital governance are integrated within a unified framework. The proposed model demonstrates strong predictive capacity for identifying high-risk disputes and enabling early intervention. Stakeholder engagement further improves the feasibility and acceptance of the reforms. Policy implications indicate that Egypt’s litigation-oriented tax dispute system can transition toward proactive governance through coordinated legal reforms, standardized accounting practices, and digital intelligence, aligning national tax governance with OECD standards and Egypt Vision 2030.

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Abbrev

tpf

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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The Taxation and Public Finance TPF is an open-access and peer-reviewed journal that publishes theoretical and empirical research and review articles on all aspects of taxation and public finance study-related topics. The journals mission is to offer a forum for the growing amount of scholarly ...