The paper is a summary of the exchange of knowledge and experience that took place in the course of the project "Mutual Learning for Reducing Tax Gaps in V4 Countries and Ukraine" co-financed by the Visegrad Fund in the years 2016-2017. Five institutions took part in the project: Center for...

The paper summarizes knowledge on tax gaps in Poland with respect to PIT, CIT, VAT, and excise. An introduction to the Polish tax system is given, trends in tax collect ability and estimates of the tax gaps are discussed, and methods of combating tax evasion and avoidance are reviewed. The paper...

The paper is a summary of the exchange of knowledge and experience that took place in the course of the project "Mutual Learning for Reducing Tax Gaps in V4 Countries and Ukraine" co-financed by the Visegrad Fund in the years 2016-2017. Five institutions took part in the project: Center for...

The paper summarizes knowledge on tax gaps in Poland with respect to PIT, CIT, VAT, and excise. An introduction to the Polish tax system is given, trends in tax collect ability and estimates of the tax gaps are discussed, and methods of combating tax evasion and avoidance are reviewed. The paper...

There has been a lot of discussion recently regarding the macroeconomic consequences of a distortionary taxation system. However the way this distortionary taxation scheme or instrument is modeled in macroeconomic analysis, as well as the ability of these models to capture the effects implied by...

There has been a lot of discussion recently regarding the macroeconomic consequences of a distortionary taxation system. However the way this distortionary taxation scheme or instrument is modeled in macroeconomic analysis, as well as the ability of these models to capture the effects implied by...

It is common to summarize the impact of tax havens as a shift of tax revenues from high to low-tax jurisdictions. This chapter discusses the economic impact of tax havens that goes beyond a zero-sum transfer of the tax base, what we label real effects. We review the literature and focus on...

Motivated by the observation that access to evasion opportunities is distributed heterogeneously across the labor market, this paper examines the extent to which labor supply elasticities with respect to tax rates depend on such evasion opportunities. We first discuss the channels through which...

In markets where transactions are governed by contractual incompleteness, revealed intentions to evade taxes may affect market performance. We experimentally examine the impact of tax evasion attempts on the performance of credence goods markets, where contractual incompleteness results from...

The basic deterrence model of tax evasion is described, its main predictions are derived and limitations and flexibility are outlined. Further, the model is interpreted in light of some key institutional features characterising tax enforcement in OECD countries. Throughout the survey, findings...