The Impact of Tax Gap on Future Tax Reforms

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Warren ◽  
Jacqui McManus
Keyword(s):  
Tax Reforms ◽  
Tax Gap ◽  
The Impact

The Impact of the Business Environment on the Formalization of Informal Firms. The Case of Kosovo

Südosteuropa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-529
Author(s):  
Kujtim Zylfijaj ◽  
Dimitar Nikoloski ◽  
Nadine Tournois
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Tax Reforms ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Characteristics Analysis ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe research presented here investigates the impact of the business environment on the formalization of informal firms, using firm-level data for 243 informal firms in Kosovo. The findings indicate that business-environment variables such as limited access to financing, the cost of financing, the unavailability of subsidies, tax rates, and corruption have a significant negative impact on the formalization of informal firms. In addition, firm-level characteristics analysis suggests that the age of the firm also exercises a significant negative impact, whereas sales volume exerts a significant positive impact on the formalization of informal firms. These findings have important policy implications and suggest that the abolition of barriers preventing access to financing, as well as tax reforms and a consistent struggle against corruption may have a positive influence on the formalization of informal firms. On the other hand, firm owners should consider formalization to be a means to help them have greater opportunities for survival and growth.

scholarly journals TAX GAP AS A TOOL FOR MEASURING VAT EVASION IN THE EU COUNTRIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
ALENA ANDREJOVSKÁ ◽  
VERONIKA KONEČNÁ ◽  
JANA HAKALOVÁ
Keyword(s):  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Sharp Change ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
Tax Gap ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Eu

VAT is one of the most decisive tax revenues sources in the EU Member States. Due to financial frauds and insufficient tax system, there is a billion loss of EUR every year in the European budget. The article deals with the impact of the tax evasion on economies of the EU Member States. By applying the top-down approach, we observed tax gaps as a quantifier of tax evasion from 2004 to 2017. The period around the economic crisis in 2009 was examined in more detail, as there was a sharp change in the evolution of tax gaps. We constructed a regression model, which examined the relationship of the tax gap and VAT tax revenues to selected determinants of tax evasion. The results showed that tax gaps in the Member States have been growing every year. We also found that there is an increase in tax revenues, but tax liabilities increase to greater extent.

scholarly journals International spillover effects of U.S. tax reforms: evidence from Germany

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Désirée I Christofzik ◽  
Steffen Elstner
Keyword(s):  
German Economy ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Vector Autoregressions ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Tax Reforms ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Tax Legislation ◽  
Tax Shocks ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Structural Vector

Abstract This paper explores the international transmission of U.S. tax shocks. Using structural vector autoregressions, we study the impact on the German economy and on German tax legislation. Our results suggest that, after a U.S. tax cut, German GDP increases only moderately. Positive effects via the income channel outweigh negative effects stemming from price developments. Significant changes in the transmission channels arise by distinguishing between the types of the U.S. tax shock. German tax policy either reacts with diametric measures, or remains passive when considering the whole sample period. For a sample starting in 1980, we find that, in particular, after U.S. corporate income tax cuts, tax reductions are also implemented in Germany.

scholarly journals New Green Tax Reforms: Ex-Ante Assessments for Spain

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Labandeira ◽  
José M. Labeaga ◽  
Xiral López-Otero
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Fiscal Consolidation ◽  
Tax Reforms ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Environmental Damages ◽  
Ex Ante ◽  
New Generation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public Revenues

The great recession brought an increased need for public revenues and generated distributive concerns across many countries. This has led to a new generation of green tax reforms characterized by the use of markedly heterogeneous proposals that, overall, share a more flexible use of tax receipts adapted to the new economic environment. This article explores the possibilities of implementing this new generation of green tax reforms in Spain. It analyzes the impact of such reforms on energy demand, emissions, public revenues and income distribution from taxing various energy-related environmental damages and by considering two alternative uses for the tax receipts: fiscal consolidation and funding the costs of renewable-energy support schemes.

scholarly journals Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the Visegrad Countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Anna Moździerz
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Tax Policy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The State ◽  
Consumption Tax ◽  
Tax Reforms ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Recent Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Visegrád Countries

Abstract The financialisation of economies is believed to be the primary cause of the increase in income inequality in the world, occurring on a scale unseen for more than 30 years. One can hypothesise that it is the state that is responsible for the widening inequality, as the state has not sufficiently used the redistributive function of taxation. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of tax policy on income inequality in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. These so-called Visegrad countries have, in the last several years, carried out some controversial experiments with tax policy, specifically in terms of the flattening of tax progressivity or its replacement with a flat tax, which led to the weakening of the income adjustment mechanism. The imbalance between income tax and consumption tax has contributed to perpetuating income inequality. The verification of tax systems carried out during the recent financial crisis has forced the countries included in this research to implement tax reforms. The introduced changes caused various fiscal and redistributive effects. Analyses show that the changes in income taxation and an increase in the consumption tax rate had the most negative impact on the income and asset situation in Hungary.

scholarly journals THE LITHUANIAN REAL ESTATE TAXATION SYSTEM IN THE CONTEXT OF ALIEN COUNTRIES

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vida Maliene ◽  
Daiva Cibulskiene ◽  
Virginija Gurskiene
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
The United States ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Tax Reforms ◽  
Estate Tax ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Estate Taxation ◽  
Real Estate Tax ◽  
Taxation System ◽  
The Impact

The article aims at investigating the Lithuanian real estate taxation system in the context of the taxation system of the United States of America and European countries. The article dwells on the current situation in Lithuania; it introduces the advantages and drawbacks of the system and produces a comparative analysis as against alien countries. Proposals for the refinement of the Lithuanian real estate taxation system are presented on the grounds of the analysis results and alien experience. The article considers real estate tax base, analyses currently actualized tax reforms, and describes the impact of the changes on the real estate market. A number of principal features of real estate tax system commonly intrinsic to all considered countries, such as form of payment, basis of valuation, tax exemption, appeals, tax deductions, are discussed in the article. Analizuojama dabartine bei planuojama priimti nauja nekilnojamojo turto apmokestinimo sistema Lietuvoje, aiškinami naujai siūlomos sistemos privalumai ir trūkumai, atliekama JAV ir Europos šaliu lyginamoji analize. Remiantis gautais analizes rezultatais bei užsienio patirtimi, pateikiami siūlymai Lietuvos nekilnojamojo turto apmokestinimo sistemai tobulinti. Analizuojama nekilnojamojo turto mokesčiu baze, nagrinejamos šiuo metu Igyvendinamos mokesčiu reformos, vertinamas pasikeitimu poveikis nekilnojamojo turto rinkai. Pateikiama keletas pagrindiniu bendru visoms nagrinejamoms šalims nekilnojamojo turto mokesčiu sistemos aspektu ‐ mokejimo pobūdis, vertinimo apmokestinimo tikslais pagrindas, atleidimas nuo mokesčiu, apskundimo galimybes, lengvatos.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Impact of Tax Reforms on Business Confidence: Empirical Evidence from the EU Member States

2018 ◽  
Vol Special issue (2018) ◽  
pp. 92-110
Author(s):  
Georgeta VINTILĂ ◽  
◽  
Mihaela ONOFREI ◽  
Ioana-Laura ŢIBULCĂ ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Tax Reforms ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Business Confidence ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Underground economy and GDP growth: Evidence from China’s tax reforms

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-107
Author(s):  
Yu kun Wang ◽  
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Zhang Li ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Tax Reform ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Underground Economy ◽  
Gdp Growth ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Tax Reforms ◽  
Effect Change ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
The Impact

Since 1991, China has implemented two significant tax reforms. The first reform, in 1994, was a large-scale adjustment of the tax distribution system between the central and local governments, and the second reform, in 2012, replaced business tax with value-added tax. Also, the size of China’s underground economy decreased from 13.55% in 1995 to 12.30% in 2016. The paper presents an evaluation of the effect of the two tax reforms and the existing underground economy on GDP growth in China. GDP is defined as explained variable, the explanatory variables include: the ratio of declared income to actual income, the change of concealed income, and the influence of tax rate change on declared income and concealed income. According to the tax reform in 1994 and 2012, two dummy variables are set respectively. In methodology, this paper uses Simultaneous equations model, SUR-OLSs and Slutsky identity. Our estimation is based on the official statistics of China National Bureau of Statistics in the period from 1991 to 2019. In empirical analysis, we decomposed tax changes into tax rate effect (change of budget constraint slope) and income effect (change of tax liability), then analyzed the impact of tax elasticity on GDP growth. The empirical results demonstrate that both the 1994 tax reform and 2012 tax reform have had a positive impact on GDP, with high statistical significance respectively. The results also confirm that the increase of tax rate leads to the increase of hidden income, which eventually leads to the decrease of GDP. The offered methodology can also be applied to most countries for time series analyses.

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