Tax Administration and the Small Taxpayer

Tax Administration and the Small Taxpayer
ISBN-10
1451974574
ISBN-13
9781451974577
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
33
Language
English
Published
2004-05-01
Publisher
International Monetary Fund
Author
Mr.Parthasarathi Shome

Description

Small taxpayers should pay their appropriate revenue share while their compliance costs should be reduced. This assumes importance as restructuring in emerging markets has meant rapid growth in services through self-employed small entrepreneurs, who have good revenue potential. Administrative facilitators such as a single tax covering income tax, VAT, and social security tax, at a reduced rate, do not lower tax evasion. They increase vertical and horizontal inequity, and lead to adverse resource allocation. A strategy is needed, extending modernization achieved in large taxpayer units (LTUs) to small taxpayers, including rationalization of collection and reporting of revenue data for policy formulation.

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