03622nam 22006255 450 991033768210332120251113182453.09783030148768303014876910.1007/978-3-030-14876-8(CKB)4930000000042018(MiAaPQ)EBC5742529(DE-He213)978-3-030-14876-8(Perlego)3492940(MiAaPQ)EBC29145270(EXLCZ)99493000000004201820190328d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPesos or Plastic? Financial Inclusion, Taxation, and Development in South America /by Ken Mitchell, Robert H. Scott, III1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Pivot,2019.1 online resource (102 pages)9783030148751 3030148750 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1. Financial Inclusion and the Middle of the Pyramid, a New Public Revenue Strategy for the 21st Century -- Chapter 2. Public Revenue, Financial Inclusion and Value Added Tax in Argentina -- Chapter 3. Financial Inclusion and Value-Added Taxes in Argentina, Brazil and Chile.The book covers financial inclusion in the southern cone (Argentina, Brazil, and Chile) and its impact on public finance. Possible negative consequences of greater financial inclusion are identified, but the book argues potential benefits outweigh costs. Financial inclusion has many definitions, but in this book, we interpret it as bank account ownership and the use of banking services. Financial inclusion in this context proffers advantages in the area of tax collection, perhaps the southern cone’s gravest economic obstacle given its future debt servicing commitments and its socioeconomic development challenges. Households with a bank account – or, the bank participation rate – began increasing significantly around 2002, and this increase has coincided with an unexpected rise in tax collection (especially value-added taxes (VAT)) spanning periods of macroeconomic growth (2003-2009) and stagnation (2010-2015). Correlation does not imply causation, yet using empirical methods this book shows financial inclusion contributes to better tax collection by encouraging more formal market transactions via the use of bank-provided credit and debit cards. Consumption represents the largest component of most economies and consumption taxes contribute more to public revenue in the southern cone than other taxes, hence more formal consumption enhances overall tax collection.Development economicsAccountingFinance, PublicPolitical planningDevelopment EconomicsFinancial AccountingPublic FinancePublic PolicyDevelopment economics.Accounting.Finance, Public.Political planning.Development Economics.Financial Accounting.Public Finance.Public Policy.330.98003330.98Mitchell Kenauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut700421Scott III, Robert Hauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910337682103321Pesos or Plastic2253325UNINA