TAX EXEMPTIONS IN THE INCOME TAX

Income Tax Buyouts and Income Tax Evasion

A tax buyout is a contract between tax authorities and a tax payer which reduces the marginal income tax rate in exchange for a lump-sum payment. While previous contributions have focussed on labour supply, we consider the interaction with tax evasion and show that a buyout can increase expected tax revenues. This will be the case if (1) the audit probability is constant and the penalty for eva...

Green Tax Reform in Sweden: The Second Dividend and the Cost of Tax Exemptions

This study assesses the cost of achieving pollution reductions using environmental taxes relative to using non-revenue-raising instruments. The cost of tax exemptions with or without employment constraints is also examined. Using a computable general equilibrium model of the Swedish economy a wide range of emission reduction target levels are examined. The study finds that the reduction of CO2 ...

The Asymetric Effect of Tax on Income Distribution in Iran

  Abstract The main purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between “direct and indirect taxes” and “inequality of income distribution” in Iran. So, we have used annual time series data of the direct taxes to GDP ratio, indirect taxes to GDP ratio, and the Gini coefficient during 1982-2014. The results of the threshold unit root tests with an asymmetric adjustment show that all va...

Income Tax Accounting under the Tax Consolidation System

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Negative Income Tax Plan