This technical note is provided as guidance to tax administrations that are considering a program to enhance the tax compliance of high wealth individuals. The note explains the rationale for a specialized compliance program for this segment of the taxpayer base and provides guidance on defining...

The IMF Fiscal Affairs Department's Revenue Administration Gap Analysis Program (RA-GAP) assists revenue administrations from IMF member countries in monitoring taxpayer compliance through tax gap analysis. The RA-GAP analytical framework for estimating excise gaps presented in this Technical...

The IMF Fiscal Affairs Department's Revenue Administration Gap Analysis Program (RA-GAP) assists revenue administrations from IMF member countries in monitoring taxpayer compliance through tax gap analysis. The RA-GAP methodology for estimating the VAT gap presented in this Technical Note has...

To a large extent, the body of research that looks at individuals’ compliance with the law focuses on the dichotomy between compliance as rule-following and noncompliance as rule-breaking. However, a fascinating case of noncompliance is that where individuals selectively follow existing rules...

Tax audit, tax compliance, tax avoidance, tax evasion, family firms, negotiation strategies, time consumption, audit duration. - Betriebsprüfung, Einhaltung der Steuervorschriften, Steuervermeidung, Steuerhinterziehung, Familienunternehmen, Verhandlungsstrategien, Zeitverbrauch, Prüfungsdauer

Tax practitioners alongside taxpayers and tax authorities are the major actors in a tax compliance system. They assist the government to enforce tax law when it is unambiguous but exploit tax law to the detriment of compliance when the tax rules are ambiguous. Using a sample of 13 listed...