Author : International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 13,96 MB
Release : 2011-08-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1498339247
The Fund has long played a lead role in supporting developing countries’ efforts to improve their revenue mobilization. This paper draws on that experience to review issues and good practice, and to assess prospects in this key area.
Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 37,63 MB
Release : 2015-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1498344895
This paper addresses core challenges that all tax administrations face in dealing with noncompliance—which are now receiving renewed attention. Long a priority in developing countries, assuring strong compliance has acquired greater priority in countries facing intensified revenue needs, and is critical for fairness and statebuilding. Series: Policy Papers
Author : Mr.Bernardin Akitoby
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1484361539
How do countries mobilize large tax revenue—defined as an average increase in the tax-to-GDP ratio of 0.5 percent per year over three years or more? To answer this question, we build a novel dataset covering 55 episodes of large tax revenue mobilization in low-income countries and emerging markets. We find that: (i) reforms of indirect taxes and exemptions are the most common tax policy measures; (ii) multi-pronged tax administration reforms often go hand in hand with tax policy measures or are stand alone; and (iii) sustainability of the episodes hinges on tax administration reforms in the key compliance areas (risk-based audits, registration, filing, payment, and reporting).
Author : Moses Kinyanjui Muriithi
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,93 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Revenue
ISBN :
Author : Mr.Bernardin Akitoby
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 21,74 MB
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1498315429
How can Low-Income Countries (LICs) enhance tax revenue collection to finance their vast development needs? We address this question by analyzing seven tax reform experiences in LICs (Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Maldives, Mauritania, Rwanda, Senegal, and Uganda). Three lessons stand out, although reforms must be tailored to individual circumstances: (i) Tax reforms require first and foremost political commitment and buy-in from key stakeholders; (ii) Countries that pursue both revenue administration and tax policy reforms tend to see much larger and persistent gains; and (iii) A successful strategy often starts with fiscal reform measures with immediate effect to build momentum. These can include: simplifying the tax system; curbing exemptions; reforming indirect taxes on goods and services (e.g., excises); and better managing compliance risks through strengthening taxpayer segmentation (often beginning with strengthening the Large Taxpayers Office). A comprehensive reform strategy (e.g., a medium-term revenue strategy) can help to properly sequence reform measures and facilitate their implementation.
Author : Mario Mansour
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 37,2 MB
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1484338774
We review the current state of the West African Economic and Monetary Union’s tax coordination framework, against the main objectives of the WAEMU Treaty of 1994: reduce distortions to intra-community trade, and mobilize domestic tax revenue. The process of tax coordination in WAEMU is one of the most advanced in the world—de jure at least—, but remains in many areas ineffective de facto. Nevertheless, the framework has, to some extent, succeeded in converging tax systems, particularly statutory tax rates, and may have contributed to improving revenue mobilisation. Important lessons can be drawn from the WAEMU experience, particularly in terms of whether coordination should take the form of harmonization through a top-down approach, or a softer approach of sharing best practice and limiting certain types of tax competition.
Author : Raul Felix Junquera-Varela
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 10,82 MB
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464810745
Public spending plays a key role in the economic growth and development of most developing economies. This book analyzes revenues, policy, and administration of Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM) in developing countries. It provides a broad landscape of practical examples, drawing from lessons learned in World Bank operations across Global Practices over the past several decades. It should be thought of as a starting point for a more comprehensive research agenda rather than a complete inventory itself. This book reviews the trends in tax revenue collection in developing countries. It provides an overview of efforts to close the revenue gap, many of which have been supported by World Bank operations. The book reviews the special challenges facing low income countries, which have traditionally relied on indirect revenues in the context of limited formalization of their economies. An overview of tax policy and administration reform programs is presented, with an overview of outstanding issues that will shape the policy agenda in years ahead.
Author : Wilson Prichard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 24,99 MB
Release : 2015-09-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107110866
This book captures the critical role of taxation in shaping government responsiveness and accountability in developing countries.
Author : eljko Bogeti?
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 27,44 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Value-added tax
ISBN :
Empirical analysis of value- added tax revenues on a sample of 34 countries conforms with conventional wisdom from theoretical and case studies. The key implication is that for value- added tax to provide superior revenues, it should be levied in a single rate on as broad a base as possible. And tax administration and enforcement must be tough to ensure compliance.
Author : Caren Grown
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 16,38 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415568226
Around the world, there are concerns that many tax codes are biased against women, and that contemporary tax reforms tend to increase the incidence of taxation on the poorest women while failing to generate enough revenue to fund the programs needed to improve these women's lives. Because taxes are the key source of revenue governments themselves raise, understanding the nature and composition of taxation and current tax reform efforts is key to reducing poverty, providing sufficient revenue for public expenditure, and achieving social justice. This is the first book to systematically examine gender and taxation within and across countries at different levels of development. It presents original research on the gender dimensions of personal income taxes, and value-added, excise, and fuel taxes in Argentina, Ghana, India, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Uganda and the United Kingdom. This book will be of interest to postgraduates and researchers studying Public Finance, International Economics, Development Studies, Gender Studies, and International Relations, among other disciplines.
