Reforming the Individual Income Tax in Spain

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Can the Spanish government generate more tax revenue by making personal income taxes progressive? To answer this question, we build a life-cycle economy with uninsurable labor productivity risk and endogenous supply. Individuals face progressive on capital incomes proportional that capture social security, corporate income, consumption taxes. Our is yes, but not much. A reform increases for individuals who earn than mean reduces those less generates small additional revenue. The from maximized at an effective marginal rate of 51.6% (38.9%) richest 1% (5%) individuals, versus 46.3% (34.7%) in benchmark economy. increase only 0.82%, while total declines 1.55%. higher progressivity associated lower aggregate supply capital. As result, collects smaller if are raised top earners.The increase, however, must be substantial cover large segment earners. rise collection 3 percentage points just 0.09%. 10 10% earners (those €41,699) raises 2.81%.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Social Science Research Network

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['1556-5068']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3783818