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We analyze the effect of fiscal opacity regarding the budget deficit and the reduction of income inequality through progressive direct taxation on economic growth. Using a sample of thirteen OECD countries from 1980 to 2016, we propose fiscal opacity indicators, through signal-to-noise ratios, that reflect the public’s ignorance regarding the budget deficit. Moreover, we calculate contraction factors to consider the income inequality through income taxation of heterogeneous households. The findings show that an increase in fiscal opacity decreases growth and that there is an asymmetric nature of redistributive taxation on economic growth. Furthermore, it is possible to conjecture that fiscal opacity can amplify income inequality’s asymmetric effect on growth.

Analysis of the international implications of public expenditure and tax policies began in earnest in the mid-1980s and has since become a major line of research in public sector economics. The literature on international tax and expenditures issues is now so large and varied that a single chapter cannot begin to do it justice. Chapter 29 focuses on two of the main lines of research in the literature, both concerning taxation: (1) the taxation of mobile capital and (2) the ways in which multinational enterprises can exploit differences in nations’ tax policies to reduce their tax liabilities. The main goal is to highlight the models used to explore these issues. A number of excellent surveys of the broader literature already exist and are noted in the chapter.

Problem setting. In the analysis of any budget, important markers are aðo revenue indicators, which 80% consist of tax revenues. After all, they give the government and citizens an understanding of how capable the communityis, what amount of expenditures can be made from income, and whether the community has can develop and improve the well-being of its inhabitants. Personal income tax (hereinafter – PIT) covers about 60% of tax revenues of local budgets of Ukraine, so its important role for socio-economic development of local communities and regionsis clear.Recent research and publications analysis. The issue of studyingthe effectiveness of the mechanism of PIT payment and its influence on the process of generation of local government revenues have been in the center of research of domestic scientists such as O. Bandurka, N. Dieieva, I. Liutyi, N. Redinaet al. At the same time, the issue of the effectiveness of PIT collection and its importance for the development of communities in the current conditions of decentralization requires further thorough research.Highlighting previously unsettled parts of the general problem. The role and place of personal income tax in the structure of tax revenues of local budgets have been studies in the paper, the essence of the mechanism of its collectionhas been substantiated, the provision on the effectiveness of tax control over the completeness of its revenues have been analyzedand the reasons for reforming its payment procedure by tax agents have been justified.The purpose of the paper is to study the role and place of PIT in the structure of tax revenues of local budgets, substantiate the essence of the mechanism of its collection, analyze PIT administration procedure, makeproposals for improving the effectivenessof fiscal role of this tax for the community development.Paper main body. One of the most important taxes in the system of direct taxation in Ukraine is the personal income tax. Its share in the structure of tax revenues of the consolidated budget in recent years was about 20% – 23% (90% of which – revenues to local budgets, 10% – revenues of the state budget).The procedure for imposition of this taxis regulated by Section IV of the Tax Code of Ukraine, deducted from the income of citizens at a rate of 18%, which applies to almost all types of income of citizens.In the structure of tax revenues of local budgets, its share is the largest one and averages up to 60% of all tax revenues. During the period of 2015 – 2020, the fiscal efficiency of PIT in the structure of its revenues to local budgets was growing every year. Nominal PIT revenues to local budgets increased from UAH 54,9 billion in 2015 to UAH 177,8 billion in 2020.The key factors influencing the nominal growth of personal income tax revenues are inflation, as well as the annual increase in the minimum wage, changes in tax rates and other innovations in tax reforms of the recent years.Given the significant fiscal efficiency of PIT and its influence on budget generation of the communities, we cannot ignore the problematic aspects of its collection that have a direct impact on tax revenues in the structure of the newly formed amalgamated territorial communities, since success and well-being of local communities depends primarily on the amount of financial resources they own.Thus, according to the Budget Code of Ukraine, PITis distributed among the budgets in the following amounts: 60% goes to the ATC budget, 15% to the regional budget, and 25% to the state budget.It is worthnoting that the current rules of tax and budget legislation contain quite clear obligations of tax agents to pay PITtransfers to those local budgets within which territory businesses are located.Nevertheless, there are constant challenges for local governments and their ability to influence entrepreneurs to pay PIT at the location of legal entities and their units, and not at the place of registration of legal entities.Does this mean that a significant number of tax agents do not comply with the requirements of tax and budget legislation?The Law of Ukraine on Local Self-Government in Ukraine (Article 28) entitles local self-government bodies to monitor the compliance with obligations to pay to the local budget at enterprises and organizations, regardless of the form of their incorporation.Conclusions of the research and prospects for further studies. Given the above, business entities are obliged to pay PIT in accordance with current legislation at the place of their actual location, regardless of the place of registration, and local governments are empowered to control the completeness of taxes coming to the local budget and must actively exercise the initiative to provide additional revenues to community budgets.This will allow receiving PIT revenues to the budget of the community where the enterprises directly carry out their activities in order to develop communities and increase their solvency for the welfare of citizens.

In connection with continually widening public budget deficits and related attempts of States to remove (or at least to eliminate) unfair tax practices, issues regarding the exchange of information, which is necessary for the proper performance of provisions of conventions for the avoidance of double taxation and/or national laws, have become topical. The purpose of this paper which includes starting points for subsequent analyses is to describe and assess the existing situation in the area of enshrinement of the concept of exchange of information in current conventions for avoidance of double taxation concluded by the Czech Republic according to the state valid on 1 January 2013. Having regard to this objective defined, the authors ignore other aspects such as the existence of memoranda of mutual cooperation concerning the exchange of information, existence of tax information exchange agreements concluded by the Czech Republic and Euroepan Union law in the given area and their contents. They briefly refer to these and other aspects in the chapter called “Discussion” where they point to other research possibilities in this area.

Tax and social expenditure policies have a crucial role in income distribution. This study explores the potential role of taxation and social expenditure policies in income redistribution in South Asia. For this purpose, empirical analysis is conducted by Fixed Effect (FE) and Instrumental Variable (IV) FE models. The analysis suggests that both taxation and social expenditures policies effectively reduce income inequality in South Asia. These findings indicate that social spending and taxation can be used as a policy tool to redistribute income in developing countries. The results also indicate that higher social spending, increased direct taxes, and more reliance on foreign debts can ameliorate the income distribution. Based on the results, it can be suggested that for this region, with the low level of taxes, direct taxes, a large informal economy, and other weak features of tax administration, more reliance on direct taxes and social expenditure policies should be the primary tool for income redistribution.JEL Classification: H2, H5, I3How to Cite:Khan, S., & Padda, I. U. H. (2021). The Impact of Tax and Social Expenditure Policies on Income Distribution: Evidence from South Asia. Etikonomi, 20(2), xx – xx. https://doi.org/10.15408/etk.v20i2.18121.

Unwrapping the political discourse against immigration is key to understanding the rise of populism in Western democracies. A growing body of literature has found ample evidence that immigration pays a premium to conservative political forces that propose tighter policies. Using data on presidential elections in Spain from 2008 to 2019, we shed light on this debate by highlighting the role played by irregular migration. Some studies show that undocumented immigrants consume less and earn lower wages than documented immigrants with similar observable characteristics. In addition, since they are relegated to working in the informal sector, they cannot contribute to the welfare state with direct taxes. This suggests that undocumented migration might intensify support for right-wing politics and that the effect is independent from the one caused by the presence of documented migrants. We apply an instrumental variable strategy to deal with the non-random distribution of migrants across political districts. Our findings indicate that increasing undocumented migration increases support for the right, while increasing documented migration rises support for the left. When we consider the irruption of the far-right into electoral competitions, we find that undocumented migration redistributes votes from the left to the right, as has been observed in other countries.

The main objective of this empirical study is to investigate the impact of tax revenue on GDP dynamics at EU-28 level based on structural equation modeling (SEM). We applied structural equation modeling (SEM) which represents a multivariate statistical analysis technique used especially for analyzing structural relationships between measured variables and latent structures. Selected taxes are the following: environmental taxes, indirect taxes, social contributions, taxes on capital, taxes on labour, taxes on property, and direct taxes. The sample period includes a long time horizon during 2005-2017 for each member states of EU-28. Our empirical findings revealed the level of taxation exhibits an increased influence on GDP dynamics in case of EU-28 member states. JEL Codes - C3; E62; O47; O52

PURPOSE: The primary goal of the paper is to identify the relationship between the structure of tax revenues and the structure of public expenditure in the EU-28., DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Linear regression was used to estimate the correlation between the share of indirect and direct tax revenues in total tax revenues and the share of expenditure for specific purposes in total public expenditure in the EU-28. Then, using the sign of the slope as the criterion, the EU-28 was classified by dividing the set into countries with a positive dependence (+), for which the lower and upper bound of the confidence interval of the slope are positive, and countries with a negative dependence (-), for which both the lower and upper bound of the confidence interval is negative. Countries classified as positive or negative are also countries for which the F test confirmed the linear dependence., FINDINGS: Based on the conducted research, it was found that the relations between the structure of tax revenues and the structure of public expenditure varied in the EU Member States in the years 2004-2019. Very strong or strong correlations between the share of a given tax group in total tax revenues and the share of specific expenditure in total public expenditure were observed only in relation to indirect taxes. In the case of direct taxes, no such relations were observed., PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The results of the research are important from the point of view of the implementation of fiscal policy in the EU Member States, including the need to shape tax systems that not only provide revenues necessary to cover public expenditure, but also take into account tax fairness., ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The research adds value to the knowledge of contemporary tax systems, in particular to their redistributive function in relation to tax fairness., peer-reviewed

The importance of the topic lies in the role played by taxation and fiscal reforms in this field for the economic development of the states around the globe especially as this paper focuses on the Member States of the European Union, which record different levels of taxation and where there are still quite a few different approaches to taxation, despite sustained efforts towards convergence. The involvement of our country in this process of European integration is based on removing the inconsistencies and failures of previous reforms, as well as reconciling the objectives of efficiency, effectiveness and equity that are the foundation of an optimal tax system.

Background Acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) is a rare, debilitating disease characterized by potentially life-threatening attacks often resulting in chronic symptoms that negatively impact daily functioning and quality of life. Symptoms of AHP prevent many individuals from working and achieving lifetime work averages. The aim of this study was to apply a public economic framework to evaluate AHP in Belgium, taking into consideration a broad range of costs that are relevant to government in relation to social benefit payments and lifetime taxes paid. Methodology A public economic framework was developed exploring lifetime costs for government attributed to an individual with AHP and recurrent attacks in Belgium. Work-activity and lifetime direct taxes paid, indirect consumption taxes and requirements for public benefits were estimated based on established clinical pathways for AHP and compared to the general population (GP). The model includes AHP-related healthcare costs and non-AHP healthcare costs for the GP. Results Lifetime earnings are reduced in an individual with AHP by €347,802 per person (p.p.), translating to reduced lifetime taxes paid of €183,187 for an AHP individual compared to the GP. We estimate increased lifetime disability benefit support of €247,242 for an AHP individual compared to GP. Lifetime healthcare costs for a person with AHP were estimated to be €3,030,316 due to frequent hospitalisations associated with porphyria attacks compared to the GP. The lifetime costs for a person with 12 attacks per annum factoring in transfers, taxes and healthcare costs are estimated to be €3,460,745 p.p. Eliminating AHP attacks after 10 years of active disease, thus, enabling a person to return to work increases lifetime earnings by €224,575 p.p. Increased work activity in such individuals would generate an estimated €118,284 p.p. over their lifetime. The elimination of AHP attacks could also lead to reductions in disability payments of €179,184 p.p. and healthcare cost savings of €1,511,027 p.p. Conclusions Due to severe disability resulting from constant attacks, AHP patients with recurrent attacks incur significant public costs. Lifetime taxes paid are reduced as these attacks occur during peak earning and working years. In those patients, reducing AHP attacks can confer significant fiscal benefits for government, including reduced healthcare costs, reduced disability payments and improved tax revenue.

Direct tax revenues vary significantly, in the percentage of GDP, in selected countries. This difference is coming for various reasons. Our aim in this paper is to emphasize that there is a vital argumentation which is put forward to explain these variations, called cultural diversity. We employ a panel data with 46 selected countries and using the Materialist/Postmaterialist 12-item index; we highlight the impact of this postmaterialist index on direct tax revenues. Our study comprises six waves, and it includes the most recent dataset regarding culture dimension, namely World Values Survey Wave 7 (2017–2020). Moreover, we control for country characteristics and endogeneity issues. The results show that the degree of postmaterialism explains the level of direct tax revenues. The findings are robust when we include environmental taxes. These results highlight that cultural attitudes should be considered when studying the level of direct tax revenues and how culture dynamics impact taxation.

PurposeThis study analyzes the impacts of income inequality after direct taxation on the gross domestic product as a fiscal policy tool in the development process.Design/methodology/approachThe model of the study is based on Munielo-Gallo and Roca-Sagales (2013), which examined the fiscal policy, income inequality and economic growth simultaneously. The study uses two models to analyze the relationship between income inequality and gross domestic production under direct taxation by employing autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model for selected emerging market economies.FindingEmpirical results reveal a negative long-run relationship between variables in some countries in line with the literature, despite a positive relationship in others. Moreover, the results exhibit the negative impact of income inequality after direct taxation on the gross domestic product decreases.Originality/valueResults of the study highlight the importance of direct taxation on income inequality concerning the reflects on economic growth. It suggests that when the income distribution is fairer, it may positively affect the gross domestic product. The study provides a new perspective to the related literature by investigating the role of income inequality under direct taxation for gross domestic product.

This paper focuses on Value Added Tax (VAT), due to the importance of indirect taxes as one of the most vital tax revenue generators in the EU. VAT is more stable and contributes more to the tax mix than direct taxes. However, the VAT gap is still a serious problem for the national governments, as it reduces the overall tax revenue. Tax authorities are looking for more opportunities to reduce the information asymmetries between them and the taxation subjects. Due to that, collection and analysis of big data seems to be an excellent opportunity to do so in the Slovak Republic as well. One of the biggest sources of big data in VAT in Europe and the world is formed by the so-called “real-time reporting” and electronic filing, since electronic filing is mandatory in the majority of EU countries nowadays. However, policy makers should bear in mind that the mere collection of data is not enough (Bal, 2014). The main subject of this paper is to find, analyse and take into account the most important measures of VAT in the context of digitalisation. In addition, this paper focuses on new trends and challenges for VAT in the Slovak Republic, which may follow the trends within the world.

Introduction - Income redistribution is central to the development of any nation. However, the issue of generating income and its redistribution in Nigeria has been challenging overtime, with the nation depending largely on oil with little consideration on other sources of income. Also, insufficient tax resources, tax collectors' illicit activities and a lack of awareness of the value of paying tax by taxpayers are some of the problems facing the country in terms of tax revenue generation. Objective - Our study therefore investigated the impact of direct taxes on income redistribution in the context of Nigeria, using company income tax, personal income tax, petroleum profit tax and education tax as direct tax variables. Methodology/Technique - The study covered the period 1990 to 2019 using annualized data set from Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin. The study employed the Fully Modified Least Squares (FMOLS) to analyze the data. Research Findings - Empirical results of our study revealed that, company income tax and education tax had insignificant negative effects on income redistribution, while personal income tax and petroleum profit tax had significant positive effects on income redistribution, thus reducing income inequality in the context of Nigeria. Recommendations - We thus recommended "inter alia" that, revenue generated from taxes should be effectively used by government in providing quality infrastructures like schools, railway, healthcare facilities and other business outfits across various states for the general wellbeing of the citizens as this is hoped to close the income distribution gap between the rich and the less privileged in the country. Type of Paper - Empirical. Keywords: Income redistribution; direct taxes; government expenditure on infrastructural goods; Fully Modified Least Squares (FMOLS), Nigeria; Income Inequality. JEL Classification: E21; E42; E62; O23 URI: http://gatrenterprise.com/GATRJournals/GJBSSR/vol9.2_8.html DOI: https://doi.org/10.35609/gjbssr.2021.9.2(8) Pages 182 – 196

Using the Commitment to Equity methodology, this study investigates differences in the welfare impact of taxes and government spending on men and women in Ethiopia. It analyzes the incidence, progressivity, and pro-poorness of various taxes and transfers and their effects on income mobility, poverty, and inequality using individual-level data from the 2018/19 Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey. The results show that the fiscal system as a whole is progressive, equalizing, and poverty-reducing. It moved about one in five individuals from one income group to another, and more women than men transitioned to a higher income group, making them relatively better off. However, some of its elements have differential effects on gender equality. Direct and indirect taxes have differential inequality-reducing and poverty-increasing effects for men and women. The inequality-reducing effects are stronger for men, whereas the poverty-increasing effects of some of them, including informal taxes and value-added taxes, are higher for women. On the transfer side, direct social protection transfers and indirect transfers, mainly spending on primary education and health services, promote gender equality better than other types of government spending.

The involvement of our country in the process of European integration is based on removing the inconsistencies and failures of previous reforms, as well as reconciling the objectives of efficiency, effectiveness and equity that lay the foundation for an optimal tax system. Carrying out a comparative analysis of local taxation in the Member States of the European Union could help to remove these inconsistencies, providing an overview and the conclusions drawn can be considered for improving our tax system. The countries we have chosen to carry out the comparative analysis on are part of both groups of developed economies and emerging economies, so the analysis could be relevant based on almost similar contexts, being part of the European Union. The group of developed countries under observation is made up of Italy, France and Germany, all three of them being founding members of the European Community, while the group of developing countries we chose is made up of Bulgaria, Romania and Poland, all of which are the latest members that adhered to the European Union. This paper analyses the fiscal pressure borne by taxpayers, at the European Union level, from direct taxes. The correlation between fiscal pressure and direct taxes, in an empirical analysis conducted at microeconomic level, as well as the challenges that the Member State face in their attempt to harmonize direct taxes are also highlighted in this study. Following this comparison, we will be able to assess the impact of direct taxes and to which extent these influence a country’s economic development as well as what challenges the governments are currently facing in increasing their amounts of revenues.

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar de qué manera los instrumentos de política fiscal influyen en el crecimiento y en la desigualdad del ingreso en México. Para lo cual se presentan los antecedentes teóricos y se utiliza un modelo de crecimiento endógeno que incorpora variables fiscales. Asimismo, se estima un modelo econométrico mediante la técnica de datos de panel. Los resultados empíricos muestran que; el gasto corriente no impacta al crecimiento económico; los impuestos directos ejercen un impacto negativo en el crecimiento, mientras que los impuestos indirectos no arrojan resultados significativos en el modelo; el gasto corriente contribuye a reducir la desigualdad; los impuestos directos contribuyen a una reducción de la desigualdad, mientras que los impuestos indirectos contribuyen a aumentarla. La originalidad y principal contribución de este trabajo radica en su enfoque por entidad federativa considerando aspectos redistributivos. La limitante de este tipo de estudios se debe a la escasez los datos fiscales en algunas entidades federativas. Se recomienda considerar otras variables para determinar el causal entre eficiencia y equidad cuando se determinan variables fiscales.