the earlier 2005 study using the most recent datasets and tax codes, the coverage being confined in this paper to 35 …, except for the elasticities of corporate income tax revenue which are revised up in most cases. …

to achieve convergence of policy outcomes to OECD upper standards is challenging. Efficiency gains in the tax system … could bring additional revenues. The tax base should be expanded by reducing informality, strengthening tax administration … unemployment and income inequality, the tax-benefit system should also be revised as it is now relatively regressive and the tax …

. Raising the effectiveness of tax collection, reforming the tax structure towards less distortive taxes and making more out of …