The compliance costs of private taxpayers are not only affected by the tax law itself but also by its implementation through the tax authorities. In this paper we analyze the effect of the tax authorities on the burden of complying with tax regulations. Using survey data of Belgian businesses...

Die Komplexität der Besteuerung lässt sich anhand von Bürokratiekosten erfassen, die aus der Beachtung steuerlicher Vorschriften resultieren. Eine Analyse der empirischen Literatur verdeutlicht, dass diese Kosten mit Art und Höhe der Einnahmen von Steuerpflichtigen korreliert sind. Aus...

The complexity of a tax system can be measured by the costs of private taxpayers and businesses in complying with the tax law. According to the empirical literature tax compliance costs are strongly correlated with the source and the amount of a taxpayers’ income. For that reason, these costs...

The compliance costs of private taxpayers are not only affected by the tax law itself but also by its implementation through the tax authorities. In this paper we analyze the effect of the tax authorities on the burden of complying with tax regulations. Using survey data of Belgian businesses...