scholarly journals Income Taxes, Compensating Differentials, and Occupational Choice: How Taxes Distort the Wage-Amenity Decision

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 224-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Powell ◽  
Hui Shan
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Choice ◽  
Income Taxes ◽  
Compensating Differentials ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Occupational Choices ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Welfare Impacts ◽  
Percent Increase

The link between taxes and occupational choices is central for understanding the welfare impacts of income taxes. Just as taxes distort the labor-leisure decision, they may also distort the wage-amenity decision. Yet, there have been few studies on the full response along this margin. When tax rates increase, workers favor jobs with lower wages and more amenities. We introduce a two-step methodology which uses compensating differentials to characterize the tax elasticity of occupational choice. We estimate a significant compensated elasticity of 0.03, implying that a 10 percent increase in the net-of-tax rate causes workers to change to a 0.3 percent higher wage job. (JEL H24, H31, J22, J24, J31)

Effects of Unitary vs. Nonunitary State Income Taxes on Interstate Resource Allocation: Some Analytical and Simulation Results

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Williams ◽  
Charles W. Swenson ◽  
Terry L. Lease
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Income Taxes ◽  
Tax Credits ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Unitary State ◽  
State Tax ◽  
State Income ◽  
Tax Structures

This study examines the optimal location choice decisions of a two-state firm in response to changing state corporate income tax rates and tax structures. Because the firm can engineer its tax liability by manipulating between-state location of sales, property, and payroll, changes in relative state tax rates should result in the firm making such location changes. Results of a model firm simulation, examining various combinations of state tax rates and unitary vs. nonunitary tax structures, found that the firm would make interstate resource changes to minimize company-wide state income taxes. Important findings of the study are that tax rate changes in nonunitary states may cause little or no change in resources used in that state. Indeed, in one scenario, the resulting resource flows from a tax increase are favorable to the nonunitary state, making a tax increase a win-win situation for the state government (higher tax revenue and more economic activity). In contrast, changes in unitary state tax rates can result in significant resource changes in both the unitary state and in other states. The finding that tax rate cuts are ineffective in nonunitary states implies that these states may be more successful in attracting investment by changes affecting apportionment factors (tax credits for new capital, or new jobs) or by use of nontax incentives.

scholarly journals The Economic Consequences Of Repealing The Estate Tax Law

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj Kiani ◽  
Dwight Call ◽  
M.A. Sangeladji
Keyword(s):  
Income Taxes ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Estate Tax ◽  
Charitable Contributions ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Distribution Of Wealth ◽  
Class Level ◽  
The Individual

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The federal estate tax has been a part of our tax structure since the founding of the country. It is the federal government&rsquo;s only tax on accumulated transfers of wealth. From its inception in 1916, it has been applied only to very large estates. The transfer of wealth can take place during the individual&rsquo;s life (gift) or at the time of death (estate).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Both types of transfer are combined and taxed according to the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1976. The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1976 was an important legislation affecting the structure of both the federal estate and gift taxes. In this Act, a unified system of taxation was established which treats both transfers</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">of wealth, either during the life of the owner (gift) or at his or her death (estate) uniformly.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The recent legislation of 2001 made drastic changes to the tax rates and the level of exemptions of the 1976 federal estate tax. According to this legislation, the maximum estate tax rate will drop gradually during the period of 2002-2010. Beginning in 2002, the maximum unified tax rate is reduced from 55% to 50%. This drop will reach to 45% by the year 2007 and will remain unchanged till 2009. The limit of exemption for a taxable transfer of wealth will increase from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 by the year 2004, to $2,000,000 by 2006, to $3,500,000 by 2009, and to infinity by 2010 (estate tax will be repealed).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This original version of federal estate tax will come back in 2011, unless the Congress decides differently and changes the law.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Like other social, economic, and tax issues, the transfer of wealth tax (estate and gift) is subject to debate and disagreements. The opponents of the estate tax support their views by referring to the immorality aspect of the tax and its undesired economic consequences. The supporters of the estate tax present their arguments on the basis of fairness and the ability of the tax to encourage charitable contributions. In addition, they believe that t</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">he economic consequences of repealing the estate tax would ripple through our economy and reduce federal revenues. Consequently, it could bring inequity and unfair distribution of wealth among the citizens and eventually could culminate in high difference in the class level of citizens.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In our view, the federal estate tax is a tax worth fighting to keep and attempting to improve. If it were repealed, the burden of taxes would be felt more by those who have no wealth and had paid their income taxes on their earned income once before. Consequently, the lawmakers should keep the federal estate tax and fixing it by adjusting the amount of exemptions and the tax rates to reasonable, effective, and fair levels.</span></span></span></p>

Estimating Dynamic Income Responses to Tax Reform

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertil Holmlund ◽  
Martin Söderström
Keyword(s):  
Tax Reform ◽  
Income Taxes ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Marginal Tax Rate ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Large Panel ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Tax Changes ◽  
Tax Payers

Abstract We study income responses to income tax changes by using a large panel of Swedish tax payers over the period 1991–2002. Changes in statutory tax rates as well as changes in tax bracket thresholds provide exogenous variations in tax rates that can be used to identify income responses. We estimate dynamic income models which allow us to distinguish between short-run and long-run effects in a straightforward fashion. For men, the estimates of the long-run elasticity of income with respect to the net-of-tax rate hover in a range between 0.10 and 0.30. The estimates for women are statistically insignificant. We simulate the fiscal consequences of a tax reform that reduces the top marginal tax rate by five percentage points. Such a reform may have negligible effects on tax revenues when the interactions between income taxes and other taxes are taken into account.

Tax Rates and Tax Collections: The Basic Analytics of Khaldun-Laffer Curves

1981 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy D. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Income Taxes ◽  
Rate Change ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Demand Functions ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Empirical Issue

This article describes the relation between tax rates and tax collections for three different types of taxes: unit excises, ad valorem excises, and general income taxes. The tax rate-tax collections relationship is currently the subject of widespread discussion, but the determinants of the shape of the function have not been clearly specified. This article presents mathematical and graphical expositions of the linkage between supply and demand for taxed commodities and the tax rate-tax collections relationship. The tax collections function will often, but not always, be shaped as it is commonly drawn; its shape is uniquely determined by the underlying supply and demand functions in the taxed market. Whether a tax rate change will increase or reduce tax collections is always an empirical issue which depends on the values of items identified by the theoretical analysis in this article.

Are Taxes a Determinant Factor in Earnings Management Behavior?

2015 ◽  
pp. 148-171
Author(s):  
Eduardo Flores ◽  
Joelson Oliveira Sampaio ◽  
George Sales
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Regulatory System ◽  
Income Taxes ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Management Behavior ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Global Rate ◽  
Sample Data

Unequal tax rules between economic sectors can stimulate the practice of earnings management. Our purpose is therefore to determine whether the enforcement of these laws have created incentives for earnings management in Brazil. To test the hypothesis, we selected a sample-data composed by Brazilian insurance companies, since this sector suffered a considerable increase in the income-taxes rate in 2008, moving the global rate from 34% to 40%. The utilization of this group was motivated because according to Brazilian tax regulatory system, technical accruals from insurance companies are considers deductible from income taxes. The results showed a significant relationship between the increased tax rates and the measure of the technical accruals, showing evidence of earnings management behavior in this industry specifically in the period in which the tax-rate was increased for this group of companies.

Multi-component complex ores: Special aspects of using ad valorem and specific mineral extraction tax rates

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1297-1314
Author(s):  
T.A. Loginova
Keyword(s):  
Krasnoyarsk Krai ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Russian Regions ◽  
Rent Extraction ◽  
Effective Tax Rate ◽  
Mineral Extraction ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Significant Differentiation ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Ad Valorem

Subject. This article discusses the issues related to the taxation for multi-component complex ores and commercial components using ad valorem and specific mineral extraction tax (MET) rates. Objectives. The article aims to assess some results of the application of specific MET rates in the Krasnoyarsk Krai and ad valorem rates in other subjects of the Russian Federation, taking into account the specifics of the current taxation procedure for multi-component complex ores and their commercial components. Methods. For the study, I used a comparative analysis, synthesis, and the method of extrapolation. Results. The article shows that the change in the type of MET rate for multi-component complex ores and commercial components has led to a significant increase in the effective tax rate. This led to an increase in the corresponding MET revenues in the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The article also substantiates that the introduction of specific rates in other Russian regions requires a significant differentiation of specific MET rates. However, this is risk-bearing concerning unfair distribution of the tax burden and the complexity of tax administration. Conclusions. The issue of identifying multi-component complex ores and their commercial components is controversial. Extending specific MET rates to other regions may complicate the mechanism of rent extraction.

A Study of Perceived Ethicality of Low Corporate Effective Tax Rates

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Todd DeZoort ◽  
Troy J. Pollard ◽  
Edward J. Schnee
Keyword(s):  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
General Public ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Perceived Fairness ◽  
Effective Tax Rate ◽  
Effective Tax Rates ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Participant Group

SYNOPSIS U.S. corporations have the ability to avoid paying domestic taxes to achieve an effective tax rate that is much lower than the statutory federal tax rate. This study evaluates the extent that individuals differ in their attitudes about the ethicality of corporations avoiding domestic taxes to achieve low effective tax rates. We also examine the extent to which the specific tax avoidance method used by corporations to access a low effective tax rate affects perceived ethicality. Eighty-two members of the general public and 112 accountants participated in an experiment with two participant groups and three tax avoidance methods manipulated randomly between subjects. The results indicate a significant interaction between participant group and tax avoidance method, with the general public considering shifting profits out of the country to achieve a low effective tax rate to be highly unethical, while the accountants find tax avoidance from carrying forward prior operating losses to be highly ethical. Further, mediation analysis indicates that perceived fairness and legality mediate the effects of participant type on perceived ethicality. Mediation analysis also reveals that sense of fairness and legality mediate the link between tax avoidance method and perceived ethicality. We conclude by considering the study's policy, practice, and research implications.

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