scholarly journals International Tax Planning: China's New Regime for Taxing Expatriate Income: Tightening the Screws or Vintage Wine in a New Bottle?

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 953-979
Author(s):  
Yan Xu ◽  
Zizheng Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Income Taxation ◽  
Individual Income ◽  
North Americans ◽  
The Law ◽  
Individual Income Tax ◽  
Personal Income Taxation

Expatriates have been fundamental to China's economic growth, contributing to the country's socioeconomic development and modernization. The second-largest group of expatriates in China are North Americans. Personal income taxation concessions for expatriate workers have been an important instrument to attract and retain skilled foreign labour since China opened its doors to foreign investment and an income tax was adopted four decades ago. A recent overhaul of the law on individual income tax introduced a number of changes to expatriate income taxation, including the winding back of some preferential concessions previously offered only to expatriates. A literal reading of these changes suggests that the new regime has led to harsher tax treatment of expatriates and increased their tax liability. This article considers whether this view holds up, by closely analyzing the new system's major features relating to individual income tax as they affect expatriates. The authors challenge the literal reading of the law and argue that the recent changes have not fundamentally altered the underlying policy on expatriate income taxation. Further, an economically stronger China has not observed any diminishment of the role of personal income taxation as an instrument of government policy, despite the recent changes. A generous interpretation of the legal terms and rules, and of the application of concessions under the amended system, may encourage more lenient treatment of Canadians and other expatriates working and living in China.

scholarly journals STATE AND PERSPECTIVES OF PERSONAL INCOME TAXATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (42) ◽  
pp. 19-34
Author(s):  
Dmitro Dema ◽  
Iryna Shevchuk
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Income Taxation ◽  
Regulatory Function ◽  
Tax Burden ◽  
Personal Income Tax ◽  
Individual Income ◽  
Individual Income Tax ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Personal Income Taxation

The article deals with the directions of development and elements of the personal income taxation mechanism. The role of the tax in the regulation of incomes of the population is determined and the state of use of its regulatory capabilities in the modern system of taxation is assessed. The peculiarities of the tax burden assessment are determined and the inconsistencies of the proportional system of the social justice principle are emphasized. The necessity of strengthening the tax regulatory function using the tax burden transfer to the prosperous strata of the population by the progressive taxation tools is substantiated. The necessity of the preferential policy improvement is emphasized by introducing a non-taxable minimum of citizens' income and revision of existing privileges on personal income tax. The foreign experience and trends of individual income tax in foreign countries are considered and summarized. The dynamics of the individual income tax receipt to the consolidated budget of Ukraine is analyzed taking into account its fiscal sense. The factors of increasing fiscal efficiency are considered and the influence of changes in the interbudgetary distribution of the tax on local budget revenues is estimated. The directions of the personal income tax reformation on the basis of improvement of certain elements of the taxation mechanism are proposed.

scholarly journals EUROPEAN PRIORITIES FOR PERSONAL INCOME TAXATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-87
Author(s):  
Fedir TKACHYK ◽  
Victoriia OSTAPCHUK
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Income Taxation ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Personal Income Tax ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Personal Income Taxation

Introduction. In the current conditions of globalization of socio-economic development and formation of a new financial civilization, social aspects of tax policy take a important place. The system of taxation of income of citizens in Ukraine today is not fully coping with the performance of their functions. The experience of developed European countries on the formation of an effective mechanism of taxation of personal income will contribute to the establishment of the newest social and fiscal-oriented paradigm of taxation of citizens in Ukraine. The increased interest in the procedures for administering the personal income tax is also explained by the fact that this tax is one of the main sources of income to the budget of Ukraine. The purpose is to determine the peculiarities of taxation of personal income tax in Ukraine, to find out the common and different features tax system in Ukraine and European countries, to systematize recommendations on improving the mechanism of taxation of personal income. Results. The international typology of personal income tax systems is given. The general features of personal income taxation and mechanisms of application of personal income tax rates in some countries of the European Union are considered. It is argued that the implementation of the European tax experience will facilitate a faster transition to a new and effective system of personal income taxation in Ukraine. To improve personal income taxation in Ukraine, it is necessary to revise personal income tax rates, increase the amount of tax-free minimum incomes, ensure the full functioning of electronic declaration of personal incomes, optimize concessional policies, increase tax literacy and tax culture. Prospects. Further research will focus on the social aspects of taxing citizens' income in terms of differentiation of tax rates, the logic of using preferences in taxing personal income, the introduction of an effective threshold of the non-taxable minimum income, promoting the right to tax rebates, etc.

scholarly journals FISCAL AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF PERSONAL INCOME TAXATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 163-173
Author(s):  
Volodymyr UHRYN
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Income Taxation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Personal Income Tax ◽  
State Budgets ◽  
Fiscal Efficiency ◽  
Personal Income Taxation

Introduction. Direct taxes are an important financial regulator of socio-economic processes, they are one of the most important sources of budgeting and an essential tool of state regulation. The personal income tax is the main tax through which social policy is implemented in the developed countries of the world. The advantages of this tax include its social justice and fiscal efficiency, as it is able to make the level of taxation directly dependent on the amount of income of taxpayers. In addition, progressive tax rates and benefits can reduce the tax burden on the poor and increase it on high-income earners. The purpose of the article is to considerate the theoretical and practical aspects of administration of the personal income tax in the conditions of reforming of fiscal policy of Ukraine, systematization of directions of improvement of collecting of the personal income tax to local and state budgets. Methods. Methods of dialectical analysis and synthesis, deduction, induction logical generalization, comparison and formalization are used in the article. Results. The article is devoted to the study of the essence and role of personal income tax administration. Peculiarities of citizens’ income formation as an object of taxation are considered. Monitoring and analysis of indicators of personal income tax to local and state budgets was carried out. The growth rates of nominal revenues of personal income tax and military duty, real and nominal wages are studied. It was found that the main factors reducing the level of fiscal efficiency of personal income tax in Ukraine are the shadowing of incomes and the outflow of labor, including skilled personnel. Ukraine’s tax policy for the last five years is fiscally oriented and does not take into account the social aspect of personal income taxation. As a result of the research, the directions of increasing the efficiency of personal income taxation in Ukraine based on foreign experience are systematized. Prospects. The current model of personal income tax does not sufficiently perform a socioeconomic function, does not provide a socially equitable distribution of income between different segments of the population. In recent years, the fiscal significance of the personal income tax has remained, but the system of personal income taxation requires the application of progressive rates. Therefore, promising areas of future research should be the development and improvement of the mechanism of personal income taxation in the context of ensuring their socio-economic interests.

scholarly journals The Theoretical Aspects of the Functioning of the System of Personal Income Taxation

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (515) ◽  
pp. 389-394
Author(s):  
H. P. H. P. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
The State ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Income Taxation ◽  
Tax Burden ◽  
Fiscal Pressure ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Taxation System ◽  
Tax Payers ◽  
Personal Income Taxation

The publication outlines theoretical aspects of the system of personal income taxation and determines that individuals and the tax agent are the paramount actors in certain synergistic relations of the institutional system elements. The state of formation of the revenue part of the Consolidated Budget of Ukraine was researched. Monitoring the formation of the revenue part of the consolidated budget is a set of methods for identifying and assessing the causes and signs that may lead to an increase in the tax culture of personal income tax payers and, at the same time, to increase the revenue part of the budget. The study of the structure of the tax determined that income in the form of wages and income tax, which is paid by the tax agent on income in the form of wages, dominate with great advantage and indicate the urgency of changing the policy of the State and in the minds of taxpayers oward their diversification. The fiscal pressure of income tax on taxpayers is analyzed. The tax burden should also take into account the cost of social benefits received, and therefore local self-government bodies should have information on the amount of taxes paid by one person or one employee and their dynamics in the future. A forecast of the tax burden on payment of tax to local budgets is carried out. It is proved that local self-government bodies should have not only a sufficiently predicted, but also an ever-growing amount of income tax, which requires urgent reform of the current taxation system. Ways to improve the system of personal income taxation are proposed. The author singles out the main stages of the strategy for reforming the personal income taxation system and the strategic goal: obtaining maximum revenues to the budget with an acceptable tax burden on the taxpayer. A set of factors of influence and differences between the taxation system of Ukraine and those established in other countries is formed.

scholarly journals Personal Income Taxation Determinants in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-163
Author(s):  
Irena Palić ◽  
Sabina Hodžić ◽  
Ksenija Dumičić
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Error Correction ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Income Taxation ◽  
Personal Income Tax ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Personal Income Taxation

Abstract Background: In recent years’ income inequality has been an economic issue. The primary instrument for redistributing income is personal income tax. However, based on economic theory income inequality concerns indicators such as wages, transfer payments, taxes, social security contributions, and geographical mobility. Objectives: The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of certain labor market indicators on personal income taxation in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H). Methods/Approach: Since personal income taxation consists of a very broad definition and for the purpose of this research only, income from dependent (employment) activity is observed. The econometric analysis is conducted using error correction modeling, as well as forecast errors variance decomposition. Results: The error correction model is estimated, and the cointegrating equation indicates that monthly wage and number of employees statistically significantly positively affect personal income taxes in FB&H in the long-run. After two years, the selected labor market indicators explain a considerable part of forecasting error variance of personal income tax revenues. Conclusions: The implementation of reforms in the labor market and tax policies of the FB&H is suggested. In order to achieve necessary reforms, efficient governance and general stable political environment are required.

The mechanism of personal income taxation and its prospects in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42
Author(s):  
Yaroslav Yarema
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Income Taxation ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Personal Income Tax ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Low Incomes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Personal Income Taxation ◽  
Current Mechanism

The article analyses the current mechanism of personal income taxation in Ukraine, examining the impact of its individual elements on total revenues from personal income tax. The analysis of revenue contributions from personal income taxation to the consolidated state budget and local budgets indicates that the personal income tax remains the most important sources of revenue. In the structure of personal income tax revenues, wages are the main source of taxable income. The author analyses the mechanism of taxation for natural persons (businessmen) and tax receipts flowing to local budgets from incomes from business activity and highlights its shortcomings. In this context, he proposes introducing progressive tax rates, which will make it possible to shift the tax burden from individuals with low incomes to those who earn higher incomes.

scholarly journals Digging into the Channels of Bunching: Evidence from the Uruguayan Income Tax

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Bergolo ◽  
Gabriel Burdin ◽  
Mauricio De Rosa ◽  
Matias Giaccobasso ◽  
Martin Leites
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Income Taxation ◽  
Tax Base ◽  
Taxable Income ◽  
Labour Income ◽  
Elasticity Of Taxable Income ◽  
Personal Income Taxation

Abstract Based on detailed administrative tax records, we implement a bunching design to explore how individual taxpayers respond to personal income taxation in Uruguay. We estimate a very modest elasticity of taxable income at the first kink point (0.06) driven by a combination of gross labour income and deductions responses. Taxpayers use personal deductions more intensively close to the kink point and underreport income to the tax authority. Our results suggest that the efficiency costs of taxation are not necessarily large in contexts characterised by limited deduction opportunities. Policy efforts should be directed at broadening the tax base and improving enforcement capacity.

scholarly journals The Nordic model: 25 years of drawing the line between earned and capital income in Finland

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-80
Author(s):  
Reijo Knuutinen
Keyword(s):  
Tax Policy ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Income Taxation ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
Capital Income ◽  
Earned Income ◽  
Tax Legislation ◽  
Personal Income Taxation

Abstract In personal income taxation, Finland had used the dualistic income tax model, known as the Nordic model, since 1993. The basic idea is that taxation of earned income is progressive, whereas taxation of capital income is proportional. Here, the model is reviewed from different perspectives: What kind of tax policy background does it have and how is the distinction between types of income argued for on theoretical grounds? How has the borderline of earned and capital income been drawn in tax legislation, and how is it drawn in the court cases, in particular in those related to tax avoidance? The dualistic model has often been criticized using equity arguments, but there are still strong arguments for the model. In any case, the model has not always worked too well in practice. The distinction has required special tax legislation as well as given rise to many court cases.

scholarly journals Potential and Possible Ways of Harmonizing the Personal Income Taxation Process

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-130
Author(s):  
Tomasz Wołowiec
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Income Taxation ◽  
Personal Income Tax ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Tax Systems ◽  
Universal Structure ◽  
Personal Income Taxation

Personal income tax (hereinafter referred to as PIT) has a short history, as it appeared in tax systems of EU countries as late as at the end of the 18th century. As a specific universal structure it performs two economic functions: providing financial means for covering some public expenses (fiscal function), leveling inequalities – through its structure – in population incomes (a redistribution function). It also implements social functions of taxation through various tax reliefs and exemptions or the structure of the tax scale. Contemporary personal income tax in European countries has been shaped by many years of evolution. This proces is continuing, taking into account the process of European integration and the processes of standardizing and harmonizing tax systems in European Union countries. Most EU states only sporadically implement major reforms of personal income taxation. The scope of such changes is usually limited and determined by current fiscal needs or the need to stimulate a particular behavior of taxpayers. The current taxation of personal incomes is a very complex phenomenon which should be analyzed not only from the legal point of view, but also taking into account its social, cultural, economic and political system aspects.

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