scholarly journals HOW SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT ALLOCATE ITS TAX REVENUES BETWEEN PRODUCTIVITY-ENHANCING AND UTILITY-ENHANCING PUBLIC GOODS?

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Economides ◽  
Hyun Park ◽  
Apostolis Philippopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
Optimal Policy ◽  
Public Expenditures ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Second Best ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Macroeconomic Implications

We present a fairly standard general equilibrium model of endogenous growth with productive and nonproductive public goods and services. The former enhance private productivity and the latter private utility. We study Ramsey second-best optimal policy, where the latter is summarized by the paths of the income tax rate and the allocation of collected tax revenues between productivity-enhancing and utility-enhancing public expenditures. We show that the properties and macroeconomic implications of the second-best optimal policy (a) are different from the benchmark case of the social planner's first-best allocation and (b) depend crucially on whether public goods and services are subject to congestion.

scholarly journals Faktor-Faktor Untuk Meningkatkan Penerimaan Pajak Pertambahan Nilai Di Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-145
Author(s):  
Setiadi Alim Lim
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
Value Added Tax ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
The Government

In the current era of the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 virus pandemic, the performance of tax revenues worldwide is declining. Indonesia's tax revenues in 2020 experienced a significant decline, including Value Added Tax receipts which decreased by 14.89% compared to 2019. This study shows that in the current situation there are factors that support and hinder the increase in Value Added Tax revenues. Factors that support the increase in Value Added Tax revenue include: an increase in the fiscal deficit, a decrease in imports, a longstanding Value Added Tax, and the efficiency of tax administration by the government. Meanwhile, the factors that hindered the increase in Value Added Tax revenue were: negative Gross Domestic Product growth, decreased service consumption, decreased C-Value Added Tax efficiency. To increase the value added tax revenue, it is better not to increase the Value Added Tax rate, because most countries in ASEAN use a tariff of 10% or less, except in the Philippines where the rate is 12%. If the rate of Value Added Tax is still increased, the maximum is not more than 12%, and it is temporary in nature for now and will be returned to the original rate or lower after the economic crisis era has passed. Expansion of the object of Value Added Tax can be done, among others, by reducing goods and services that are exempt from the imposition of Value Added Tax, which are facilities freed, are not collected, and are borne by the government. If there is an expansion of the object of the imposition of Value Added Tax, then it should be done very selectively and not to be counterproductive by still giving exceptions to basic necessities that are needed by the community and services that have social objectives or based on international rules are exempt from being imposed. It is also hoped that the reduction in the number of exempt goods and services will not interfere with the economic activities of the community, let alone cause unrest in the  community. 

scholarly journals Optimal Policy with Heterogeneous Preferences

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Kaplow
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Optimal Policy ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Social Welfare Function ◽  
Income Taxation ◽  
Heterogeneous Preferences ◽  
Commodity Taxation ◽  
Policy Rules ◽  
The Social

Abstract Optimal policy rules—including those regarding income taxation, commodity taxation, public goods, and externalities—are typically derived in models with homogeneous preferences. This article reconsiders many central results for the case in which preferences for commodities, public goods, and externalities are heterogeneous. When preference differences are observable, standard second-best results in basic settings are unaffected, except those for the optimal income tax. Optimal levels of income taxation may be higher, the same, or lower on types who derive more utility from various goods, depending on the nature of preference differences and the concavity of the social welfare function. When preference differences are unobservable, all policy rules may change. The determinants of even the direction of optimal rule adjustments are many and subtle.

scholarly journals Impact of Implementation of Goods and Service Tax on Indian Banking Sector

2018 ◽  
pp. 18-32
Author(s):  
Revathi R. ◽  
Madhushree ◽  
P. S. Aithal
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Tax System ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Bank Branches ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Government ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact

The banking sector is one of the biggest and revenue generating sector in our economy. Indiais a country with impressively splendid banks with sufficient capital and well-regulated rulesand regulations. One of the biggest transformations that the sector faced during this period isGST i.e., Goods and Service Tax, a new tax regime introduced in the midnight of 1 July2017. Now the new tax regime has become one year old and there are so many changeswhich happened in the banking sector during this one-year periods. Introduction of GST tothe banking sector was one the highly risky and challenging role for the government. GST isa replacement to the Value Added Tax (VAT) which was implied on goods and services. Themain purpose of studying the impact of implementation of GST is to avoid double taxationon goods and services. It is a self-regulated tax system with a simplifies tax regime whichreduces the multiplicity of tax. The purpose of this study is to know the challenges faced bythe Banking sector and its effects on the customers after the implementation of the GST.New tax regime made an incredible step by the abolish of centralized registration of thebanks. Now all the bank branches have to register under GST in each state for the smoothfunctioning. The tax rate has created an impression in the banking sector that the sector iscontributing much toward the economic growth of the country. Tax slabs is anotherimportant and critical thing discussed in this paper which has substantially increasedcompared to the old tax regime. Data for the study have been collected from secondary datasources such as journals, internet, and news articles. Using the ABCD qualitative analysistechnique, advantages, benefits, constraints, and disadvantages for both banks and thecustomers for payment of GST are identified.

scholarly journals Expert Information as an Evidence of Criminal Act of Corruption in Goods and Services Procurement

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
I Gusti Ayu Stefani Ratna Maharani
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Strong Base ◽  
The Public ◽  
Limited Knowledge ◽  
Expert Information ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government

This research is focused to identify and analyze the role of the expert information as evidence in the case of corruption. One of the criminal acts of corruption that often occurs in the government is the criminal act of corruption in goods and services procurement, in which the perpetrators have abused the social aid fund from the government. There was the case of criminal act of corruption in goods and services procurement for social aid fund that occurred in Tabanan -Bali, which committed by I Wayan Sukaja, who had corrupted the State’s financial or social aid fund. Within the process of verification in the trial, the public prosecutors submit 2 (two) experts who provided information to assist in terms of verification. This study uses normative research methods. The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of expert information as evidence in criminal act of corruption. The role of an expert cannot be ignored because it will help the judges, prosecutors and lawyers who have limited knowledge. If the expert’s information is contrary, it could be ruled out by the judges but the expert’s information that excluded must be based on clear reason, and the judges must have strong base in assess the role of the expert’s information.

Public–Private Partnership (PPP)

2019 ◽  
pp. 89-93
Author(s):  
Kuldeep Mathur
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Social Sector ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Physical Infrastructure ◽  
Technical Proficiency ◽  
Governance Reforms

Among the more prominent initiative taken in governance reforms is that of forging public-private partnership both at policy as well as at administrative level. This chapter critically examines its rationale for delivering public goods and services. While accepting its promotion in physical infrastructure sector, where high levels of capital and technology are demanded, the author questions its relevance in the social sector, where distributive policies are an important part of implementation agenda. However, these partnerships are a continuation of the perspective of de-politicization, technical proficiency for increasing performance efficiency.

scholarly journals Kenapa Wajib Pajak UMKM Enggan Membayar Pajak Penghasilan?

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1561
Author(s):  
Ni Putu Rossica Sari ◽  
Agus Fredy Maradona
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behaviour ◽  
Research Setting ◽  
Planned Behaviour ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
Compliance Level ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
Primary Determinant ◽  
The Government

To boost tax revenues from the SMEs sector, the government has reduced the income tax rate for SMEs through the issuance of PP Number 23 of 2018. Nevertheless, in some regions, the tax revenues from the SMEs sector have, unexpectedly, decreased. The purpose of this study is to investigate the reasons for the lack of compliance by SME taxpayers, using the theory of planned behaviour as a theoretical framework. This study employed an exploratory design using a qualitative approach, in which the service areas of the Singaraja tax office served as the research setting. The results of this study show that the primary determinant of SME taxpayers’ compliance in paying income tax is the taxpayers’ consciousness concerning the importance of tax revenues for the country’s financial wellbeing. This finding provides significant implications for the Indonesian tax authority concerning their mission to increase the compliance level of SMEs taxpayers in fulfilling their tax obligations. Keywords: Taxpayer Compliance; SME; PP Number 23 Of 2018; Taxpayer Awareness; Theory Of Planned Behaviour.

The Impact of Gst On The Spending Pattern Of Students From The Faculty Of Accountancy, UiTM Puncak Alam, Selangor

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Nadiah Abd Hamid ◽  
Nurul Mardhiah Harun ◽  
Bedah Ahmad ◽  
Mastora Yahya
Keyword(s):  
End Users ◽  
Tax System ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Income Levels ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Revenue Collection ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The implementation of GST in Malaysia as of 1st April 2015, which replaced the current Sales and Service Tax (SST) is viewed as a more efficient tax to manage and to generate greater revenue collection for the government. This multi-tiered tax rate of 6 percent is finally borne by the end users who consumed the goods and services regardless of their income levels. As a result, even non-income earners such as students are inevitably bearing the rising price of their consumed goods and services. This study aimed to investigate the level of GST knowledge among the final year students in the Faculty of Accountancy, UiTM Puncak Alam. The students’ knowledge andperception on issues related to GST implementation were found to have certain impacts on their spending pattern. Evidently, the findings revealed that students who have much information about GST implementation and in cases where they perceived that GST is an unfair and unequitable tax system, both situations are highly likely to have significant effects on their spending trend.

Influence of tax preferences on the formation of budget revenues

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 161-170
Author(s):  
Елена Егорова ◽  
Elena Egorova ◽  
Елена Бокарева ◽  
Elena Bokareva
Keyword(s):  
Opposite Effect ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Planning Period ◽  
Tax Base ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
New Business ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Tax Benefits ◽  
The Government

One of the priorities of economic development is the formation of a stable and sustainable tax system for the Russian Federation for the upcoming planning period, and this means fiscal stability, promoting economic growth in business activity. In the current situation, the main focus of the tax must be made exactly on stimulating component of tax policy in order to ensure stimulation of the economy, as well as business agents to develop production and open new business in Russia. One of the tools of tax incentives are tax preferences. Legislators at the federal level should not make decisions for the regions, the regions should be given a greater autonomy in matters of incentives. In the first place, it is necessary to increase production and sales of competitive goods and services. Only by increasing the production of goods may be increased tax revenues. Today, taxes are considered solely as a means to supplement the budget. The government, seeking to reduce tax benefits, believes that this will contribute to greater density in the budget. But the reduction of tax preferences for the producers will have the opposite effect - a reduction of output and, consequently, a decrease in the output of goods as well as reduced tax revenues. Therefore, in our opinion, it is necessary not to reduce, but to increase government support through tax breaks, subsidies and different preferences, as this would increase the output of goods and, therefore, result in an increase in the tax base and in an increase in tax revenues.

The potential impact of policies to reduce Social Security funding shortfalls on consumers' expected benefits and behavior

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Francisco Perez-Arce ◽  
Lila Rabinovich ◽  
Joanne Yoong
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Rational Expectations ◽  
Subjective Expectations ◽  
Payroll Tax ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
The Social ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Expected Benefits ◽  
The Government

Abstract To ensure the long-term sustainability of the US Social Security System, several policy alternatives can theoretically be implemented. However, in practice, consumer responses can be challenging for policymakers to anticipate. We conducted a randomized survey on the nationally-representative Understanding America Study (UAS) panel where respondents were presented with a series of ‘policy scenarios’ in which the government enacts alternative reforms aimed to reduce the expected shortfall in the trust fund that pays Social Security retirement benefits. These scenarios included an increase in the Social Security payroll tax, an increase in the wage ceiling, and a reduction of benefits. We find that changes in respondents’ subjective expectations about their benefits and how this will affect their behaviors are directionally consistent with what would be expected when individuals are attentive to the available information and form rational expectations (e.g., monthly benefit expectations increase upon the announcement of an increase in the Social Security tax rate or in the wage ceiling, and they decrease less-than-proportionally with hypothetical benefit cuts). However, surprisingly, these changes are not sensitive to the magnitudes of policy change (e.g., the increase in expected benefits is about the same regardless of the size of Social Security payroll tax increases). Individuals with higher levels of education, cognitive ability, and financial literacy are more likely to adjust their expectations as predicted by theory.

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