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Income Inequality and Fiscal Policy
Coady, David; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878430
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Greece; Fourth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Modification and Waiver of Applicability of Performance Criteria
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This study is carried out against a backdrop of deep divisions in Greece and in Europe over how to handle the … challenges now confronting Greece. Greece’s deeper medium-term policy needs and identifying ways to replace the expected market … euro area. Finally, Greece has specified the policies necessary to overcome recent inertia and deliver program objectives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244444
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United Kingdom: Technical Assistance Report—Assessment of HMRC’s Tax Gap Analysis
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Technical Assistance Report discusses assessment of HMRC’s (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) Tax Gap Analysis program in United Kingdom, and provides advice and guidance on further improving it. The HMRC’s tax gap analysis program is comprehensive in tax coverage, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244623
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Collecting Taxes During an Economic Crisis; Challenges and Policy Options
Brondolo, John - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
The global financial and economic crisis presents major challenges for tax agencies. With the economic downturn, tax agencies are encountering emerging compliance problems and greater demands for taxpayer support in the face of prospective budget cuts. To help address these challenges, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245870
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Increasing Public Sector Revenue in the Philippines; Equity and Efficiency Considerations
Fletcher, Kevin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Public sector revenue has declined markedly in the Philippines over the past seven years. Most observers of the Philippine economy agree that rebuilding public sector revenue will be critical to reducing deficits and ensuring public sector debt sustainability. This paper reviews several of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263953
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Tax Rate Cuts and Tax Compliance; The Laffer Curve Revisited
Papp, Tamás K.; Takáts, Elöd - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
The paper shows how tax rate cuts can increase revenues by improving tax compliance. The intuition is that tax evasion has externalities: tax evaders protect each other, because they tie down limited enforcement capacity. Thus, relatively small tax rate cuts, which decrease incentives to evade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264157
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Tax Administration and the Small Taxpayer
Shome, Parthasrathi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
Small taxpayers should pay their appropriate revenue share while their compliance costs should be reduced. This assumes importance as restructuring in emerging markets has meant rapid growth in services through self-employed small entrepreneurs, who have good revenue potential. Administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264278
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Managing Financial Crises; Recent Experience and Lessons for Latin America
Kincaid, G. Russell; Collyns, Charles - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper seeks to draw lessons from the IMF’s experience in handling financial crises around the globe over the past ten years that are relevant to the challenges faced by countries in Latin America, especially in the wake of the recent crisis in Argentina. Experience suggests that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824823
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The Russian Flat Tax Reform
Keen, Michael; Klemm, Alexander; Ivanova, Anna - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Russia dramatically reduced its higher rates of personal income tax (PIT) in 2001 establishing a single marginal rate at the low level of 13 percent. In the following year, real revenue from the PIT actually increased by about 26 percent. This 'flat tax' experience has attracted much attention...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825660
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Current and Proposed Non-Oil Tax System in Azerbaijan
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper analyzes developments in non-oil tax policy, administration, and revenues in Azerbaijan, and suggests measures for further improvement. The main finding is that Azerbaijan's non-oil tax revenues increased significantly as a share of non-oil GDP in the last five years, but remain below...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826278