Tax Assignment in Federal Countries

Tax Assignment in Federal Countries
Author: Charles E. McLure
Publisher:
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1983
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Compilation of articles on how revenue sources should be divided among national and subnational levels of government. Articles deal with the following issues: the tax assignment problem, resource and business taxes and local revenues, tax assignment and revenue sharing in Brazil, India, Malaysia and Nigeria USA, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, Switzerland and Australia.

Comparing Fiscal Federalism

Comparing Fiscal Federalism
Author: Alice Valdesalici
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2018-02-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004340955

Comparing Fiscal Federalism investigates intergovernmental financial relations and the current de jure and de facto allocation of financial and fiscal powers in compound states from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. The volume combines theoretical approaches with case studies and involves scholars from various disciplines, in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of different approaches, developments and trends. This includes outlining fiscal federalism’s basic principles and overall frameworks, investigating current constitutional/legislative settings and how financial systems function, as well as zooming in on a selection of emerging issues in financial and fiscal relations. The single chapters are based on comparative investigations under the umbrella of a broad definition of fiscal federalism that includes all varieties of federal systems.

Fiscal Federalism in Theory and Practice

Fiscal Federalism in Theory and Practice
Author: Mrs.Teresa Ter-Minassian
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 1146
Release: 1997-09-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781557756633

Over the past few decades, a clear trend has emerged worldwide toward the devolution of spending and, to a lesser extent, revenue-raising responsibilities to state and local levels of government. One view is that the decentralization of spending responsibilities can entail substantial gains in terms of distributed equity and macroeconomic management. The papers in this volume, edited by Teresa Ter-Minassian, examine the validity of these views in light of theoretical considerations, as well as the experience of a number of countries.

Taxation in Developing Countries

Taxation in Developing Countries
Author: Richard Miller Bird
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press
Total Pages: 552
Release: 1990
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Selection of studies relating to taxation in developing countries. The papers are organized under the following subjects: approaches to development taxation, lessons from experience, taxation and incentives, problems in direct taxation, the reform of indirect taxation, the role of local taxes, tax administration and tax policy. Contributors: Carl S. Shoup, Vito Tanzi, Richard Goode, Charles E. McLure, Richard Bird, Oliver Oldman, Sijbren Cnossen and many others.

The Practice of Fiscal Federalism

The Practice of Fiscal Federalism
Author: Anwar Shah
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2007
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0773560440

Contributors provide a fascinating account of how federal countries are confronting the traditional challenges of conflicts over division of fiscal powers while also coping with emerging challenges of globalization and citizen empowerment arising from the information revolution. They analyze how relationships and roles in different orders of government are being reshaped and show how local solutions inspired by global principles help strengthen government accountability and improve the quality of life for citizens.

Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers

Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers
Author: Robin W. Boadway
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2007
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0821364936

The design of intergovernmental fiscal transfers has a strong bearing on efficiency and equity of public service provision and accountable local governance. This book provides a comprehensive one-stop window/source of materials to guide practitioners and scholars on design and worldwide practices in intergovernmental fiscal transfers and their implications for efficiency, and equity in public services provision as well as accountable governance.

Perspectives on Fiscal Federalism

Perspectives on Fiscal Federalism
Author: Richard Miller Bird
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0821365568

This book addresses a variety of issues relating to intergovernmental finance and the provision and financing of local services including budgeting and financial management, the institutional framework for the conduct of intergovernmental relations, appropriate methods of service delivery in metropolitan agglomerations and remote rural areas, local government enterprises, user charges, property taxes, income and value-added taxes, natural resource taxes, and local business taxes. Throughout, the authors draw on experience both in Canada and in other decentralized countries and consider to vary.

Fiscal Decentralization and Local Finance in Developing Countries

Fiscal Decentralization and Local Finance in Developing Countries
Author: Roy Bahl
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2018-03-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1786435306

This book draws on experiences in developing countries to bridge the gap between the conventional textbook treatment of fiscal decentralization and the actual practice of subnational government finance. The extensive literature about the theory and practice is surveyed and longstanding problems and new questions are addressed. It focuses on the key choices that must be made in decentralizing, on how economic and political factors shape the choices that countries make, and on how, by paying more attention to the need for a more comprehensive approach and the critical connections between different components of decentralization reform, everyone involved might get more for their money.

Fiscal Federalism and Political Decentralization

Fiscal Federalism and Political Decentralization
Author: Nuria Bosch
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1848442718

This highly original book analyzes political decentralization and fiscal federalism in Canada and Germany, both traditional federal countries, and in Spain, a unitarian country engaged in the last two decades in a process of decentralization. The three key issues required for a well designed financing system are analyzed in depth herein, namely: tax assignment, equalization grants (i.e. redistribution of money from the wealthy regions or the national government to poorer regions) and the role of regional government in the administration of taxes. Fiscal Federalism and Political Decentralization will be of particular interest to academics and researchers of economics, public economics, public finance and public choice. It will also appeal to politicians and policy makers as well as organizations and agencies related to the economy and fiscal federalism.

Fiscal Federalism in Latin America

Fiscal Federalism in Latin America
Author: Eduardo Wiesner Durán
Publisher: Idb
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This text helps Latin American policymakers meet the challenge of decentralization to improve public sector performance at all levels of government by appropriately assigning jurisdiction over public goods, services, tax authority and user charges.