Integration of Revenue Administration

Integration of Revenue Administration
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 59
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821385240

Good revenue administration is a vital contributor to good government. This book examines the experience of 11 countries in integrating revenue administration to optimize effectiveness and enhance efficiency over the past three decades, either by merging tax and customs administration or unifying collection of tax and social contributions.

Integration of Revenue Administration

Integration of Revenue Administration
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 59
Release: 2010-09-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821385429

In order to minimize the need for taxpayers to respond to multiple revenue agencies, some countries have integrated their revenue administrations, either by merging tax and customs administration, or unifying collection of tax and social contributions. This book examines the experience of 11 countries in doing so. Their experiences indicate that integrating collection entails modernizing the revenue administration and reducing contact between the tax office and taxpayers, thanks to the extensive use of ICT.

Designing a Tax Administration Reform Strategy

Designing a Tax Administration Reform Strategy
Author: Ms.Katherine Baer
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 37
Release: 1997-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451980396

Building on previous FAD work in the tax administration field, this paper defines broad criteria for diagnosing the problems in a country’s tax administration and formulating an appropriate reform strategy. To be effective, this strategy should be based on the size of the tax gap and the country’s particular circumstances. This paper discusses some guiding principles which have provided the basis for successful reforms, including: reducing the tax system’s complexity, encouraging taxpayers’ voluntary compliance, differentiating the treatment of taxpayers by their revenue potential, and ensuring the reform’s effective management. Also discussed are specific bottlenecks that hinder the effectiveness of the tax administration’s operations.

Revenue Mobilization in Developing Countries

Revenue Mobilization in Developing Countries
Author: International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2011-08-03
Genre: 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.

Current Challenges in Revenue Mobilization - Improving Tax Compliance

Current Challenges in Revenue Mobilization - Improving Tax Compliance
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2015-01-29
Genre: 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

Optimal Tax Administration

Optimal Tax Administration
Author: Mr.Michael Keen
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2017-01-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1475570309

This paper sets out a framework for analyzing optimal interventions by a tax administration, one that parallels and can be closely integrated with established frameworks for thinking about optimal tax policy. Its key contribution is the development of a summary measure of the impact of administrative interventions—the “enforcement elasticity of tax revenue”—that is a sufficient statistic for the behavioral response to such interventions, much as the elasticity of taxable income serves as a sufficient statistic for the response to tax rates. Amongst the applications are characterizations of the optimal balance between policy and administrative measures, and of the optimal compliance gap.

Working Smarter in Tax Debt Management

Working Smarter in Tax Debt Management
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2014-10-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9264223258

This report provides an overview of best practices in tax debt management, with a particular emphasis on how to better differentiate debtors when deciding how to best secure payment and what can be done to ensure that payment issues are considered earlier in the compliance and collection process.

Tax Administration in Developing Countries

Tax Administration in Developing Countries
Author: Mr.Charles Y. Mansfield
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 26
Release: 1987-06-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451975392

This paper examines the role of tax administration in developing countries from an economic perspective. The traditional separation of tax policy and tax administration in the literature is shown to break down in developing countries, where tax administrators decide in what manner complicated tax legislation should actually be applied. After surveying economic literature dealing with tax administration, the paper offers guidelines on how tax administrators can help implement more efficient and equitable tax systems.

The Revenue Administration Gap Analysis Program

The Revenue Administration Gap Analysis Program
Author: International Monetary
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2021-08-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1513577174

It is generally difficult to measure revenue not collected due to noncompliance, but a growing number of countries now regularly produce and publish estimated revenue losses. Good tax gap analysis enables the detection of changes in taxpayer behavior by consistent estimates over time. This Technical Note sets out the theoretical concepts for personal income tax (PIT) gap estimation, the different measurement approaches available, and their implications for the scope and presentation of statistics. The note also focuses on the practical steps for measuring the PIT gap by establishing a random audit program to collect data, and how to scale findings from the sample to the population.