Taxes & Social Security This section provides information on U.S. federal and state income taxes and getting a Social Security number and card. It includes the following topics: Taxes Tax Laws and Filing Requirements [1] ● Guide to U.S. Federal Income Tax for F & J Visa Holders [2] ❍ Non-Resident Aliens for Tax Purposes [3] ❍ Resident Aliens for Tax Purposes [4] ❍ Requesting an Extension to Fil...

Taxes & Social Security This section provides information on U.S. federal and state income taxes and getting a Social Security number and card. It includes the following topics: Taxes Tax Laws and Filing Requirements [1] ● Guide to U.S. Federal Income Tax for F & J Visa Holders [2] ❍ Non-Resident Aliens for Tax Purposes [3] ❍ Resident Aliens for Tax Purposes [4] ❍ Requesting an Extension to Fil...

We construct a new database of extensive margin changes to multiple aspects of corporate tax bases for OECD countries between 1980 and 2004. We use our data to systematically document the tendency of countries to implement policies that both lower the corporate tax rate and broaden the corporate tax base. This correlation informs our interpretation of previous estimates of the relationship betw...

This paper aims to (1) analyze the profiles of transgressors (detected evaders); (2) examine reason(s) that triggered a tax audit, causes of tax evasion, audit timeframe and tax penalty charged; and (3) to assess if tax auditors followed the guidelines as stated in the ‘Tax Audit Framework’ when conducting tax audits. In 2011, the Inland Revenue Board Malaysia (IRBM) had audited and finalized 5...

This paper analyzes socially optimal forest taxation when the government has a binding tax revenue requirement. In the Faustmann model the optimal design of forest taxation consists of non-distortionary taxes, such as site productivity tax, site value tax or profit tax. A combination of distortionary unit (or yield) tax and timber tax can also be used to collect the tax revenue in a non-distort...

The U.S. tax law taxes a multinational firm (MNF)’s global incomes at its home country tax rate. To avoid double taxation, it permits tax cross-crediting. Namely, the global firm can use excess foreign tax credits (FTCs) (the portion of foreign tax payments that exceed the home country tax liabilities) generated from a subsidiary located in a high-tax country to offset the tax liabilities of it...

N umerous studies have been conducted about the determinants of tax evasion. In all of these studies, this phenomenon has been taken into account in the framework of balanced budget and a non-oil economy. In this study the determinants are examined by extending an endogenous growth model and considering two cases for the government budget in an oil-exporting country along with its budget d...

Tax-based deficit reduction experiments for the U.S. and EMU-12 are conducted using an open economy model. In welfare terms, raising the consumption tax is the least costly, followed by the labor income tax, then the capital income tax. Use of an open economy model means that the incidence of the consumption tax is borne in part by foreign producers. Among revenue-neutral tax experiments, parti...

This paper considers an optimal income tax cum higher education policy. It shows that in the presence of an optimal income tax system higher education should be taxed rather than subsidized. Furthermore, income taxes should become less progressive when an optimal higher education policy is introduced. JEL Classification: H21, I22. Berthold U. Wigger Department of Economics University of Mannhei...