Tax Policy Reforms 2020 OECD and Selected Partner Economies

Tax Policy Reforms 2020 OECD and Selected Partner Economies

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-09-03

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 9264338462

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This is the fifth edition of Tax Policy Reforms: OECD and Selected Partner Economies, an annual publication that provides comparative information on tax reforms across countries and tracks tax policy developments over time. The report covers the latest tax policy reforms in all OECD countries, as well as in Argentina, China, Indonesia and South Africa.


Tax Administration Reform in China

Tax Administration Reform in China

Author: John Brondolo

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2016-03-17

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1475523610

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Tax administration improvements have contributed significantly to a doubling of China’s tax-to-GDP ratio and the substantial reduction in taxpayers’ compliance costs since the mid-1990s. This paper describes the key features of China’s tax administration and their evolution over the last 20 years. It also identifes emerging challenges to the tax system and areas where further tax administration improvements are needed to sustain tax revenue and reduce taxpayers’ compliance costs in the future.


Brazil: Tax Expenditure Rationalization Within Broader Tax Reform

Brazil: Tax Expenditure Rationalization Within Broader Tax Reform

Author: Maria Delgado Coelho

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2021-09-24

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 1513596624

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The excessive complexity and burden of the Brazilian tax system, riddled by cumulative indirect taxes and heavy payroll contributions, have led to an accumulation of fiscal incentives aimed at reducing its burden on taxpayers and productive activities. Federal and subnational tax expenditures currently stand at over 5 percent of GDP. Rationalizing them can only be comprehensively feasible in the context of a broader sequenced tax reform, and could reduce resource misallocation and income inequality, as well as provide new revenues.


Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries

Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries

Author: Deborah Brautigam

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-01-10

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1139469258

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There is a widespread concern that, in some parts of the world, governments are unable to exercise effective authority. When governments fail, more sinister forces thrive: warlords, arms smugglers, narcotics enterprises, kidnap gangs, terrorist networks, armed militias. Why do governments fail? This book explores an old idea that has returned to prominence: that authority, effectiveness, accountability and responsiveness is closely related to the ways in which governments are financed. It matters that governments tax their citizens rather than live from oil revenues and foreign aid, and it matters how they tax them. Taxation stimulates demands for representation, and an effective revenue authority is the central pillar of state capacity. Using case studies from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America, this book presents and evaluates these arguments, updates theories derived from European history in the light of conditions in contemporary poorer countries, and draws conclusions for policy-makers.


Environmental Tax Reform (ETR)

Environmental Tax Reform (ETR)

Author: Paul Ekins

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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A comprehensive analysis of an environmental tax reform where people are taxed on pollution and the use of natural resources instead of on their income, this book looks at the challenges involved in implementing this tax reform across Europe.


Russia Rebounds

Russia Rebounds

Author: Mr.David Edwin Wynn Owen

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2003-09-09

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9781589062078

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Russia Rebounds analyzes Russia’s dramatic economic recovery since the country’s 1998 financial crisis, emphasizing macroeconomic issues and fiscal and banking sector reforms. The crisis was a massive shock to the system and a considerable surprise to both Russians and foreign investors, who a year before had come to think that the worst of the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy was over. Macroeconomic performance since the crisis has been impressive. The book assesses the contribution of various factors underlying this recovery and highlights key policy challenges to ensure its sustainability.


Designing a Tax Administration Reform Strategy

Designing a Tax Administration Reform Strategy

Author: Ms.Katherine Baer

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 1997-03-01

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 1451980396

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Building on previous FAD work in the tax administration field, this paper defines broad criteria for diagnosing the problems in a country’s tax administration and formulating an appropriate reform strategy. To be effective, this strategy should be based on the size of the tax gap and the country’s particular circumstances. This paper discusses some guiding principles which have provided the basis for successful reforms, including: reducing the tax system’s complexity, encouraging taxpayers’ voluntary compliance, differentiating the treatment of taxpayers by their revenue potential, and ensuring the reform’s effective management. Also discussed are specific bottlenecks that hinder the effectiveness of the tax administration’s operations.