Published in:IMF Working Paper, Vol. , pp. 1-34, 1992
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1 Online-Ressource (34 p)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.884780
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments June 1992 erstellt
Description:
Tax reform in Latin America during the 1980s emphasized broad-based, low-rate consumption taxes over steeply progressive income and property taxes, primarily to simplify the tax structure and facilitate tax administration. While tax reform need not necessarily raise tax-to-GDP ratios, countries that undertook tax reform experienced a higher revenue gain in terms of GDP relative to those that did not.Tax reform issues during the 1990s will include a minimum income tax, alternative corporate taxes (cash flow tax, assets tax), capturing difficult tax bases (financial intermediation, property), environment taxes, extending withholding as a taxing mechanism, and tax harmonization