Indonesia has come a long way in improving its tax system over the last decade, both in terms of revenues raised and administrative efficiency. Nonetheless, the tax take is still low, given the need for more spending on infrastructure and social protection. With the exception of the natural...

The desirability of inheritance and gift taxes depends on individuals' tax responsiveness. This paper demonstrates how strongly, and in what way, the German inheritance and gift tax influences taxpayer behavior. To that end, it combines administrative data with cross-bracket tax variation: a...

Black money can be totally eliminated if a new tax system called "TOP Tax system" is adopted and implemented by all nations. Excerpt: - We all know that black money is being generated by tax evasion through unreported/shadow/hidden accounts and also by corruption and fake currency. Tax evasion...

The global economic recession can be successfully checked and reversed if this new and common economic system, solely operated by banks, is adopted and implemented by all nations. The availability of resources and capital flows, needed for economic recovery, is the self-priming character of this...