我国区域税负公平探析——以税收与税源的关系为研究视角

理论上,一个地区有多大规模的税源就应该收到多少税,但在现实中,由于税收体制设计和生产经营活动的复杂性,普遍存在着税收与税源相背离的现象。这违背了税收与税源相一致的原则,造成了区域间财力的不平衡,并进一步加重了西部地区的税收负担。为此,建议将“税收收入归属”列入税制要素,并从立法层面确立税收与税源的一致性原则;在完善相关理论的基础上,实践中审慎灵活操作,以促进东中西部之间的实际税负趋于一致。     

房地产税的共识、争论与启示--基于理论和实践的综合分析

从世界范围来看,房地产税在地方税体系建设中具有不可替代性,但税制设计的特殊性和征收过程的复杂性也使其备受争议。本文着眼于从理论和实践结合的角度,较为系统地分析世界房地产税发展中已取得的共识、仍存在的争论,以及对中国具有启发性的结论。首先,通过分析房地产税作为地方主体税种的优势解释其建立和发展的必要性。随后从两个方面分析房地产税征管中存在的矛盾、已有对策及其有效性:其一,以核心指标为基础建立税收收入分析框架,实现对政策行政因素的分析;其二,从纳税人的厌税情绪和对公平性的冲击两个方面实现对社会经济因素的分析。最后,尝试得出房地产税征收和改革中应遵循的共识性路径,并总结像中国一样的发展中国家应额外关注的关键点。     

Corporate Tax Harmonization in Europe: It's All About Compliance

Although the hope may be to reduce economic distortions in captial markets, the primary focus of corporate tax consolidation among member states of a federation is to reduce compliance and administrative burdens. For example, the Canadian provinces have sufficient flexibility to determine their corporate tax policies, and effective tax rates on captial vary considerably by province, but they still have achieved a considerable degree of harmonization of tax bases. The European Union should also try to implement a consolidated tax base for companies. A compulsory base would be best, but it is likely that the optional consolidated tax base is most practical at this time.     

Optimal tax base with administrative fixed costs

This note characterizes the optimal base for commodity taxation in the presence of administrative fixed costs varying across goods. For low tax rates, the optimal base only comprises commodities whose discouragement index is greater than the ratio of their administrative costs to the tax they yield. An illustration with UK data shows that a category of goods should be taxed only if the revenue generated on this category is at least ten times greater than its administrative fixed cost. The cost imputable to the category of goods taxed at the standard rate would be at most 6 percent of total VAT revenue. The administration cost associated with categories of goods currently tax-free could justify exemption.     

海南自由贸易港销售税制度研究

科学合理的税费制度对于海南自由贸易港发展具有至关重要的作用.行将启动的简并增值税、消费税、车辆购置税、城市维护建设税及教育费附加等税费,以及已经启动的在货物和服务零售环节征收销售税的税制改革是实现海南自由贸易港税制设计目标的重要举措.海南自由贸易港销售税宜采取"窄税基、高税率"的设计思路.销售税征收宜根据不同应税商品的...     

个人所得税地区间汇算清缴方法研究

综合与分类相结合的个人所得税制改变了个人所得税按来源地缴纳和分享的模式。个人综合所得的所得税征收时实行预扣预缴和次年汇算清缴制度。当个人综合所得来源于多个地区时,需要在不同预扣预缴地区间进行汇算清缴。如何在不同收入来源地分配税收成为地区间汇算清缴制度设计的重要关键。本文首次从税收创造和税后收益分配角度,建立了两个税收分配的合作博弈模型。比较分析发现,使用解决"破产问题"的方法都是把地区的所得和总税收作为给定的参数,没有考虑地区所得和税收之间的生成关系和累进税率。我们的研究证明夏普利值作为合作博弈的解,具有公平性、效率性和单调性,是个人所得税地区间分配方式的合适选择。     

论我国房地产税改革的目标及思路

房地产税的改革目标应是为地方政府提供稳定透明的收入来源,完善财权与事权相对称的地方财政体制。因此,建议循着新思路,通过对相关制度的配套改革来实现。     

向数字巨头征税的新税制之三种制度安排——比较法视野下的分析

随着数字经济的发展,从前制定的税收原则已经不再适用,税基被侵蚀已经是各国之间的共识。事实上,国与国之间争夺的只是征税权,以便获得更高的税收收入。例如法国、英国强调用户所在地创造的价值,实际上是为了把税收留在境内,而美国对此政策的不满也反映了这样的政策会对其造成收入流失。于是各国纷纷推出诸如"补丁型"税制、"实质认定型"税制、以及"中性"税制,等等,来应对这一情况。我国作为同时具有生产及消费两大特性的国家,必然需要设计一套完善、公平及高效的针对数字经济的税收解决方案,目前虽未有任何国家对此问题做出较为有效的应对,但他们对此做出的尝试和获得的经验无疑是值得我国关注的。     

论规制我国地方政府间制度外税收竞争的法治筹划

制度外税收竞争导致税收法定主义弱化,降低了市场机制对经济资源的配置效率。其法治筹划,从税收立法角度来看,要完善规范税收竞争的相关法律,提升税法立法级次,赋予地方适当税收立法权,加快费改税立法进程;从调整税收政策取向来看,要对税收优惠、区域经济协调发展、税制改革、财政转移支付等方面进行深化改革;同时,要通过强化税收执法监督、健全税收司法保障,对制度外税收竞争进行规制保障。     

对个人住房开征物业税的几个判断及效应预测

对个人住房开征物业税是关乎国计民生的大事。本文认为,开征物业税之前需要进一步理顺中央与地方的财政关系;开征后的物业税收入要用于满足地方公共财政支出的需要;物业税开征后的征管质量取决于对个人住房信息的掌握和政府各部门间的横向合作。物业税开征与地区房地产价格弱相关,与全国房地产价格无关;与股市题材炒作相关,与资本市场发育无关;与当地居民收入和福利相关,与辖区外居民效用无关。     

Does Germany Collect Revenue from Taxing the Normal Return to Capital?*

A widespread objection to the introduction of consumption tax systems claims that this would lead to high tax revenue losses. This paper investigates the revenue effects of a consumption tax reform in Germany. Our results suggest that the revenue losses would be surprisingly low. We find a maximum revenue loss of 1.6 per cent of annual GDP. In some years, we even find tax revenue gains. This implies that the current tax system collects little revenue from taxing the normal return to capital. Based on these results, we calculate a macroeconomic measure of the effective tax rate on capital income.     

Decomposing Revenue Effects of Tax Evasion and Tax Structure Changes

This paper proposes a method for evaluating the impact of tax structure changes on tax revenue. The technique consists of decomposing the gap between actual revenue and potential revenue into components attributable to changes in (i) the tax rate structure (ii) deductions and (iii) tax evasion. Our results indicate that, for the Indian reform episode we examine, there were initial gains which could not be sustained over time. The magnitude of the gains from the reform were limited and failed to significantly curtail losses from tax evasion.     

取消农业税对乡镇财政的影响及对策

取消农业税有利于减轻农民的负担,但对乡镇财政也会有很大的影响.本文分析了取消农业税会对乡镇财政造成收支矛盾突出、债务负担加重、农村公共品供应不足等一系列影响,提出发展乡镇经济、加快乡镇机构改革、妥善化解债务和完善财政体制等措施.     

税收管辖权原则及其灵活运用

税收管辖权原则包括属地原则和属人原则。美国联邦税制改革总统顾问小组建议美国公司所得税的税收管辖权原则由属人原则转变为属地原则。本文认为,这种转变对我国的税收收入、我国企业的竞争力等影响不是很大,但是,从国际形势和中国当前的宏观经济特点来看,我国有必要对税收管辖权原则进行灵活调整。     

Fiscal externalities and the design of intergovernmental grants

This paper describes the tax and expenditure externalities that can occur in a federation, focusing on the (relatively neglected) vertical tax and expenditure externalities which arise when state governments' tax and expenditure decisions affect the federal government's budget constraint and vice versa. Formulas are derived for matching grants which correct the distortions in governments' decision-making caused by fiscal externalities. With vertical tax externalities, the matching revenue grant may result in transfers from the state government to the federal government. With vertical expenditure externalities, the federal government should provide a matching expenditure grant equal to the additional federal revenue that is generated from an additional dollar spent by a state on productivityenhancing activities such as education.     

Measuring revenue responses to tax rate changes in multi-rate income tax systems: behavioural and structural factors

This paper shows how income changes in response to changes in marginal income tax rates (MTRs) translate into tax revenue changes for the familiar multi-step income tax function used in many countries. Previous literature has focused on the relatively straightforward case of a proportional income tax or the top MTR only. The paper examines revenue responses at both the individual and aggregate levels, and it is shown that for individual MTRs within a multi-rate regime, simple expressions for tax revenue responsiveness can be derived that nevertheless capture the various behavioural and structural responses to income tax reforms involving changes to multiple rates and thresholds. Illustrations are provided using changes to the New Zealand income tax structure in the 2010 budget. This reduced all marginal tax rates while leaving income thresholds unchanged.     

税收增速减缓与地方税收竞争——基于省际面板数据的考察

本文通过理论分析明确了地方政府税收竞争对税收增长的影响机制。以此为基础,利用我国省际面板数据所做的实证研究显示,地方政府的税收竞争强度每提高0.01,全部税收、中央税收征收额和地方税收征收额分别下降0.64、0.71、0.60个百分点。为了进一步缓解地方政府经济增长激励与维护税法严肃性之间的矛盾,中央政府应逐步提高财产税收入所占的比重,将地方政府的税收竞争主要限制在财产税范围内。     

The Effect of Tax-Based Savings Incentives on Government Revenue

There is an unresolved debate on the effect of tax-based savings incentives on government revenue. The conventional wisdom on tax-assisted saving plans (TASPs) holds that they reduce public savings, but may raise national savings by stimulating private savings. Feldstein (1995) has challenged the view that TASPs reduce government revenue. According to Feldstein, ‘some of the increase in personal saving raises the corporate capital stock, and the return on this additional capital raises corporate tax payments’. When the additional corporate income tax revenue is taken into account, ‘the revenue loss associated with IRAs [Individual Retirement Accounts] either is much smaller than has generally been estimated or is actually a revenue gain’. This paper extends Feldstein's analysis to incorporate international considerations, differences in tax structures and alternative values for key parameters. We show that the result presented by Feldstein represents a special case that does not lead to broad generalisations. We also show that, under most conditions, the tenets of conventional wisdom that TASPs reduce government revenue are likely to hold, but that the magnitude of the effect may not be large. Finally, we suggest that the focus of research on the savings effects of TASPs is justifiable in a closed economy, where domestic savings affect domestic investment, but is not useful for policy development in small open economies. JEL classification: H2, H3, H6.     

BAD taxation: Disintermediation and illiquidity in a bank account debits tax model

This paper uses a dynamic general equilibrium model to study the economic effects of bank account debits (BAD) taxation. Australia and various Latin American countries have levied or levy BAD taxes. Aspects such as financial disintermediation, market illiquidity, and impacts on dividend and interest rates are considered. Part of the BAD tax revenue may be fictitious, due to increased interest payments on government debt. The Brazilian BAD tax (CPMF) experience is evaluated. The empirical analysis confirms some theoretical predictions. Incidence base over GDP appears to be sensitive to the tax rate, possibly engendering a Laffer curve. The tax may also cause real interest rates to increase. Furthermore, the deadweight losses are relatively large, even if revenues are small. The theoretical and empirical results suggest that the BAD tax is not adequate for revenue collection. JEL Code E62 · H20     

Tax Systems in the World: An Empirical Investigation into the Importance of Tax Bases, Administration Costs, Scale and Political Regime

We study the structure of taxation in a sample of 100 democratic and nondemocratic regimes over three time periods. The results provide strong support for several regularities in the world as a whole, specifically (1) scale effect: utilization of each tax source increases as the government expands, (2) base effect: tax systems rely more heavily on relatively larger tax bases, and (3) administrative cost effect: lower costs of administration lead to increased reliance on the corresponding revenue source. We also investigate the role of political regime and find that democracies rely substantially more on other income taxation, possibly because this tax source requires a higher degree of voluntary compliance. JEL Code: H2, D72, D78, E31, E51, F13, P35