Abstract:- 1) This new economic system contains a new tax system without multiple taxes, tax laws, tax collection departments, tax tribunals and tax enforcement agencies. Citizens need not maintain separate account books and submit tax returns annually for paying either Direct taxes on personal...

Originally the Laffer Curve was formulated in a macroeconomic context, for which reason it is not applicable to individual taxes, but rather to a certain average aggregate tax. The 'corrections' to the Laffer Curve are based on a factor of time. High importance is the question – in which...

Tax systems have become increasingly complex in recent decades. There is no such thing as a single tax. There are individual income taxes, corporate income taxes, sometimes local income taxes. There are a variety of indirect taxes, such as the value added tax (VAT), various kinds of excise...

Paying taxes is a cost of doing business. The looters (or public servants, depending on your perspective) must be paid and tax proceeds must be distributed to various groups and individuals, both worthy and unworthy. But tax expense includes more than just the amount of taxes that must be paid....

The article provides an evaluation of the early years of reform measured against a ‘standard” model of economic reform, an account of recent developments under a resumed and more purposeful programme of reform, and proposals for future action to invigorate the Georgian economy. The method of...

Using panel data for twenty-seven post-communist economies between 1987-2003, we examine the nexus of relationships between inequality, fiscal capacity (defined as the ability to raise taxes efficiently) and the political regime. Investigating the impact of political reform we find that full...