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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808880503321

Titolo

Integrating a Unified Revenue Administration for Tax and Social Contribution Collections : : Experiences of Central and Eastern European Countries

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2004

ISBN

1-4623-4965-X

1-4527-6617-7

1-283-56810-1

1-4519-2034-2

9786613880550

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (51 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Tax administration and procedure - Europe, Central

Tax administration and procedure - Europe, Eastern

Expenditure

Expenditures, Public

Income tax

National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs

Pension spending

Pensions

Personal Finance -Taxation

Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Revenue administration

Revenue

Social assistance spending

Social Security and Public Pensions

Social security contributions

Social security

Tax administration and procedure

Tax administration core functions

Tax allowances

Taxation

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General

Taxes

Welfare & benefit systems



Europe, Central Economic integration

Europe, Eastern Economic integration

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"December 2004."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 50).

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. CURRENT PRACTICE AND CRITICAL ISSUES""; ""III. RATIONALE FOR UNIFICATION OF COLLECTION OF TAX AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS""; ""IV. KEY IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES AND RISKS TO BE ADDRESSED""; ""V. CONCLUSION�INTEGRATION EXPERIENCE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE""; ""APPENDIX""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

During the 1990s, a failure to collect social contributions in Central and Eastern European countries deprived pension schemes of resources needed to meet their obligations. Based on these countries' experience, this paper examines the trend to increase coordination of tax and contribution collections. It sets out the rationale for establishing a unified agency as the best long-term strategy, and discusses policy and administrative issues in implementing this approach. The appendix presents three case studies for Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania, which are establishing a unified revenue administration. Another case study is presented for Sweden, which successfully integrated tax and social contributions collections in the 1980s.