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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965326603321

Autore

Kidd Maureen

Titolo

Revenue Authorities : : Issues and Problems in Evaluating their Success / / Maureen Kidd, William Joseph Crandall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613820518

9781462379057

1462379052

9781452741055

1452741050

9781282392083

1282392085

9781451909531

1451909535

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (95 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

CrandallWilliam Joseph

Soggetti

Revenue - Accounting

Tax administration and procedure

Business Taxes and Subsidies

Customs administration core functions

Customs administration

Human Capital

Human capital

Human resources in revenue administration

Income economics

International Trade Organizations

Labor Productivity

Labor

Labour

Occupational Choice

Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Revenue administration

Revenue

Sales tax, tariffs & customs duties

Skills

Tax administration core functions



Taxation

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General

Trade Policy

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. KEY DEFINITIONS AND ISSUES""; ""III. REVIEW OF SELECTED LITERATURE""; ""IV. THE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES AND OTHER DATA""; ""V. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS""; ""VI. ANALYSIS OF MAJOR ISSUES""; ""VII. CONCLUSIONS""; ""Bibliography for the Literature Review""

Sommario/riassunto

Revenue authorities (RAs) have been adopted by some countries as an alternative delivery model for improved revenue administration. They are sometimes seen as a possible solution to problems such as low rates of tax compliance, ineffective tax administration staff, and corruption. The paper discusses RAs as a governance model, from the perspective of revenue administration and the almost universal desire to improve performance and compliance with the law. It compiles and analyses features of the model, examines reasons why revenue authorities were established, and explores the extent to which countries have evaluated the success of the model. It also assesses countries' own perceptions about how this model may have contributed to tax administration reform. Further, the paper discusses data collection difficulties in carrying out an assessment using econometric analysis, and the problem of attributing changes in performance to a particular governance model. The paper concludes that while there are subjective perceptions among countries with revenue authorities that their model has led to improved revenue administration and has spurred modernization, there is no objective analysis that countries with RAs have performed better in this regard than countries without RAs.