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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960624303321

Autore

Hallaert Jean-Jacques

Titolo

How does a domestic tax reform affect protection against imports? The case of the Republic of Madagascar / / Jean-Jacques Hallaert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

9786612841026

9781462399185

1462399185

9781451999396

1451999399

9781451870091

1451870094

9781282841024

1282841025

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/151

Disciplina

382.5015195

Soggetti

Imports - Taxation - Madagascar - Econometric models

Protectionism - Madagascar - Econometric models

Business Taxes and Subsidies

Customs appraisal

Excise tax

Excise taxes

Excises

Exports and Imports

Imports

International economics

International Trade Organizations

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Spendings tax

Tariff

Tariffs

Taxation

Trade Policy

Trade: General

Valuation, origin and classification

Value-added tax



Madagascar, Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. The taxation of imports in Madagascar; A. Customs tariffs accounts for only 35 percent of taxation of imports; Tables; 1. Average customs tariff rate by products; Figures; 1. Import taxes as a share of total tax revenue (in percent); B. Excise duties: high targeted protection for few revenues; 2. Trade openness (in percent of GDP); C. Value Added Tax; D. A wide range of rates of taxation of imports; 3. Tariff structure and import value by customs tariff rate in 2006; III. The 2008 domestic tax reform

4. Total tax rate of imports and import value by customs tariff rate in 2006.IV. The protectionist impact of the domestic tax reform; A. The overall protectionist impact is small; B. ... but the structure of protection is significantly modified; 2. Impact of the tax reform on total tax level; 5. Structure of the total imports taxes in 2006-2008; 6. Changes in the difference of taxes on imports - taxes on domestic goods; V. What is the impact for revenue from taxes of imports?; 3. Impact of the tax reform by type of goods

A. The domestic tax reform will increase revenue from taxes on international trade .4. Changes in the structure of taxes on imports; B. ... and will reduce the fiscal cost of the SADC FTA; 5. Changes in revenues from imports taxes; 6. SADC FTA: Revenue losses on imports from South Africa; VI. Conclusion and next steps in the trade reform; References

Sommario/riassunto

In 2008, Madagascar reformed its domestic tax system. Because the excise duties and VAT regimes were reformed, the taxation of imports has changed. This paper quantifies how the reform changes the protection against imports and the fiscal revenues from taxation of imports. It shows that, even if the reform has only a limited impact on the average rate of protection, it substantially alters the structure of protection across goods. Moreover, because the reform further increases the already high rate of taxation of imports, it will also boost revenue from taxes on imports and reduce the fiscal losses from the SADC FTA.