This paper analyses these payroll taxes, focusing specially on what is called the "parafiscales". The parafiscales are defined by Artivle 2 of Law 225 (1995) as "mandatory taxes established by law, which affect a certain and unique social or economic group and are used for the benefit of the...

Introduction. Colombia is facing a fiscal situation featuring large and probably unsustainable projected deficits. The solution will almost certainly involve some combination of increased tax revenues and decreased expenditures. Tax revenue increases can come from either raising the rates or...

This paper examines the determinants that can explain the dynamic of structure and tax revenue from the political economy, taking the case of Latin American and the partially adopted reforms after the external debt crisis to show their pertinence, given that heterogeneity found within region's...

Richard A. Musgrave (1910-2007) is remembered today as the American economist who established modern foundations for public finance theory in the middle of the twentieth century. His work as a tax expert in developing countries has received little historical scrutiny. Musgrave was the chief...

Polish pension system has been severely changed in last years. However, it is still hard to find a purpose, for what these changes have been done. At the beginning of 1990 Polish pension system based on current payment (pass as you go system). In the end of 1998 a capital component was...

This paper presents the results of an original survey experiment on whether the public prefers “tax expenditures” to “direct outlays” — that is, whether members of the public are more likely to support government spending that takes the form of a tax credit rather than a check or cash....