Tax Rebate and Dividend Payout in Bangladesh

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of the introduction of 20% tax rebate in 2002 for certain firms on the dividend policy of firms potentially qualifying for this rebate in Bangladesh. A balanced panel data set of 63 non-financial firms of Bangladesh for 14 （1998-2011） years from the Dhaka stock exchange is used for this purpose Newey-West estimator is used to estimate a logit model and the specified model uses binary values of 0 and 1 to identify if it met the tax rebate threshold. The explanatory variables are finn size, log of market value to face value ratio and profitability. A dummy variable was used to separate the pre-rebate period （2003 and before） from post-rebate period （after 2003）. The dummy variable turned out to be insignificant indicating that introduction of the tax rebate had no impact on dividend policy of qualifying firms.     

Australian Capital Gains and Commodity Taxes in China： Impact on Investor Behavior and Revenue Earnings

Apart from examining whether an asset＇s qualification for discounted tax treatment is associated with positive abnormal trading volumes and negative abnormal returns, as would be predicted if investors modified their behaviour to reduce their tax liability, this paper analyses the behaviour of investors due to market sentiment which is measured with the stock prices or index. Analyzing the 152 IPOs that had their prices appreciated, the Capital Gains Tax （CGT） concession is expected to change the behavior of the investor; they might wait till the end of 12 months in order to avail the option and then sell their asset leading to an abnormal increase in the volume of trading and hence a price change. Apart from this, how commodity taxes influence revenue earnings is studied. As the Gross Domestic Product （GDP） of China grows rapidly, tax revenue as a proportion of GDP will not be a predictable relationship. It is ultimately investor behaviour that determined volume of investment and therefore revenue earnings. The reason that CGT is taken as a backdrop to show the fickle nature of K gains across national policy sets up, affected by investor behavior or otherwise.     

An Analysis of Tax Incentives to Attract FDI in Bangladesh： An Empirical Study

The purpose of the study is to understand whether it is still viable to use tax incentives to attract foreign direct investment （FDI） considering their effectiveness and costs to the country, and if not, what should be the alternative, effective, and viable means of promoting the vital FDI inflow. The study investigated various incentives provided by BOI, and other relevant sources available as secondary sources. However, the multinational enterprises （MNEs） are not attracting for investment in Bangladesh always with tax incentives and there are alternative means of attracting FDI such as direct financial grants, subsidies loan guarantees, etc. This paper focuses on tax incentives and the debate against the effectiveness and efficiency in attracting FDI.     

在深化结构性减税中推动税制改革

近年来,党中央、国务院决定推行结构性减税的税收政策,从个人所得税的起征点提高,到营业税改增值税试点改革等税收政策,我国在减税政策上采取了实际行动。减税在理论上能刺激投资和消费,促进经济的增长,因而,减税逐渐成为了世界各国刺激经济的措施。实际上,我国实施结构性减税不仅是应对金融危机的临时之举,从长远来看,如何深化结构性减税成为我国当今税收改革的方向,也是增强群众幸福感的一个重要举措。     

服务化水平、实际税负与营改增政策的财富效应——基于微观层面的经验证据

文章从微观视角出发,构建双重差分模型,检验营改增政策对试点企业实际税负和绩效水平形成的经济后果,以及试点企业的服务化水平对上述关系的影响。研究发现,第一,营改增政策有助于降低试点企业整体实际税负;第二,营改增政策实施后,试点企业的实际税负降低使得企业绩效水平提升,实现国家与企业之间的财富转移效应;第三,试点企业服务化水平越高,营改增政策降低企业实际税负,进而促进企业绩效提升的效果更加明显,即营改增政策实现的财富效应更强。进一步检验发现,营改增政策有助于促使试点企业改善经营效率,提高自身财富创造能力,增强营改增政策的财富创造效应。     

国际金融危机背景下的金融交易税:从理论到实践

国际金融危机席卷全球之后,金融交易税重新受到高度关注,各国陆续提出了若干种实施方案。本文首先回顾了当前国际金融危机下的全球经济走势及各国提出金融交易税的宏观经济背景,其次阐述了金融交易税理论的内涵及效应,并结合国内外关于金融交易税的各类研究探讨交易税如何影响金融市场的有效性和稳定性。论文不仅比较了历史上各国征收金融交易税的经验及效果,而且估计了调整证券交易印花税对中国股市的实际影响。最后,分析了国际上开征金融交易税的可行性,并就中国金融交易税的方案提出政策建议。     

浅议增值税改革

增值税从开始走到现在,一直都在不断的完善之中,并成功地进入转型;增值税和营业税并存的格局发展到今天,面临着征收链条断裂、税负不公、重复纳税等诸多问题,因此,营业税改征增值税,成为当下增值税改革的关键内容。改革势在必行,改革也困难重重。本文介绍了改革的进程,并提出了一些需要思考的问题。     

国际关联方交易内部结转价格的所得税税收和会计策略

国际关联方交易的内部结转价格是指跨国公司内部各个实体之间销售产品或者提供劳务所使用的一种内部划拨价格。跨国公司利用内部结转价格可以达到缴纳最少所得税等目的,国际上为了有效地对跨国公司国际关联方交易的内部结转价格在所得税方面进行税务和会计监督,执行着＂局外价格＂、＂比较价格＂和要求跨国公司揭示更多的财务信息的三种方法。文章认为,无论哪种方法都存在缺乏在世界范围内的统一规范、统一运作和统一监督的问题,应该成立一个由经济专家、会计专家和税务官员组成的全世界范围内的协会或组织予以协调。在我国应该结合具体国情选择相应的方法,并逐步向＂局外价格＂和＂比较价格＂过渡。     

二手房交易税调控效果及税收调控策略研究

文章分析了2005年以来新增二手房交易税金的调控效果,发现由于这些流转税易于转嫁、二手房供求失衡等原因,不但没有达到稳定房价的目的,反而增加了买房人的购房成本和纳税风险,通过缩小二手房市场总量抑制了二手房市场的健康发展,并引起房价上涨。因此,我国应将税收调控重点由流转环节向保有环节转变,将营业税和个税修改为针对非普通商品房征收,将税收调控与其他调控措施配合运用。     

Transaction Costs of Entrepreneurs as a Deterrent of Housing Construction Development in Russia

Nowadays realization process of investment and construction projects is not always effective because of imperfection of institutions regulating construction, high investment risks and, as a consequence, increase transaction costs. The facts of the objective existence of transaction costs in the economy, including housing construction, are researched in the article. We have determined that the transaction costs significantly affect the cost of construction, reduce profit entrepreneurs, and indirectly increase the shortage of housing in Russia. Such parts of modern economics as neoclassical economics and institutional economics are methodological basis of the paper. Logical, economic and legal （institutional）, socio-economic approaches were used during the research of transaction costs function. The authors used the complex of ideas and different methods of sociological and economic analysis that allowed deepening the importance of institutional state regulation of business activity in housing construction area. The classification of transaction costs creation was worked out; this model unlike well-known models considers the most important parts of transaction costs which really exist in business activity of construction companies nowadays; implementation of the model allows calculating and predicting this kind of costs in business. Recently Russian government returns to the questions about efficiency of production （increase of labor productivity, efficiency and profitability of production）, therefore attention to the reduction of transaction costs is going to increase profits and efficiency.     

财务会计与税务会计中的公允价值辨析

学术界和实务界对公允价值的争论从其诞生至今就一直没有平息过,从被寄予很大希望到被冠以"金融危机的帮凶",公允价值饱受质疑。财务会计与税务会计在实务中都运用了公允价值进行计量,在某些方面存在着区别和联系。文章从财务会计和税务会计两大会计分支角度对公允价值的定义、运用等方面进行辨析,分析其应用异同及其在财务会计和税务会计中谨慎性的体现。     

Tax reforms and stock return volatility: The case of Japan

Although global financial turmoil in recent years has resulted in renewed interest in taxing financial markets, the existing evidence is inconclusive regarding the effect of stock transaction taxes (STT) on stock return volatility. In this respect, Japan provides an excellent opportunity to address the issue, as the country enacted major tax reforms during the long recession beginning in the early 1990s, not only abolishing STT in 1999, but also reducing the capital gains and dividend taxes in 2003. The present paper exploits these tax reform episodes and examines whether and how they affected stock return volatility. In so doing, it employs GARCH-type models using standard daily stock data, as well as HAR models based on realized volatility constructed from high-frequency, intraday data. The estimation results are consistent with the views that, in line with some earlier findings, the STT abolition in 1999 reduced volatility, and that the tax reforms in 2003 also reduced volatility through a cut in the dividend tax, but not in the capital gains tax.     

The Significance of Costs Calculation in Evaluation of the Value Added

In the article, a problem of importance of proper costs calculation caused by risk factors which emerge in logistic processes is presented. On the basis of literature analysis, there was shown the costs structure of the value chain. The concept of customer value and the concept of enterprise value were extracted. It presents also dependence between actions in internal value chain and generated cash flows. It signalizes also the meaning of risk management influence on the problem of achieving established value added, understood as net income from operational activity by the main enterprises processes. Basis of theoretical modeling using the Gorbatov＇s principle of characterization was discussed. The research material relates to food businesses. The study was conducted on the basis of questionnaires, surveys, and direct conversations with employees. To build the model, the theory of characterization was used. Its essence is in the mutual interpretability model of the test object to the model structure. Mutual interpretability of models is achieved by selection of the proper functioning of the universal laws （expressed in the functional model） and the structural interpretation of the functional model, the one of representative character is Hasse diagrams. The functioning of the model is illustrated experiment research of the study. The results show the great importance of the correct calculation of the cost of risk factors in logistics processes. Not taking into account the actual cost of risk factors may have a significant influence on errors in decision-making, giving an incorrect picture of the financial situation. A false idea of the creation of value-added may consequently result in the deterioration of the conditions of the enterprise market functioning.     

借鉴国际经验 优化我国税权划分

税权划分是财权分权的重要内容,本文分析了税权划分的国际经验和我国税权划分现状,揭示了我国税权划分存在着税收立法权行政化、税权划分法制化约束不强、税收执法权划分不清晰等一些问题,最后提出了优化我国税权划分的基本思路。     

Strategic Tax and Financial Reporting Decisions: Theory and Evidence*

This paper examines the effect of book‐tax differences on the probability that a transaction is audited and the probability that additional taxes are collected. It constructs a stylized model in which the taxpayer reports both financial accounting income and taxable income. The government observes both reports before deciding whether to conduct an audit. The analysis of the equilibrium yields two hypotheses. First, the probability that the government will audit a transaction is higher if the transaction generates a positive book‐tax difference (e.g., an expenditure that is deducted for tax purposes but capitalized for financial reporting purposes) than if the transaction generates no book‐tax difference. Second, conditional on being selected for audit, transactions with and without book‐tax differences are equally likely to have detected understatements of tax liability. These hypotheses are tested using Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data from the Coordinated Examination Program. The empirical tests are consistent with the predictions of the strategic tax compliance model.     

试论增值税小规模纳税人政策的完善

我国现行增值税小规模纳税人的征收方法、政策和有关制度经过不断地调整和多年的实际运作,在组织收入、加强征管和保证新税制的顺利实施等方面,发挥了重要作用。但随着时间的推移,其税制设计的问题也日益显露,矛盾比较突出,已成为一个急待解决的问题。本文从增值税制建立的原则出发,着重分析了当前增值税小规模纳税人政策存在的问题,并借鉴国外增值税征收政策,提出了对策及建议。     

增值税改革对融资租赁业的影响及应对路径选择

与其他发达国家相比,我国融资租赁业的发展存在着较大差距,其中税收政策是影响融资租赁业快速发展的关键因素之一。近期我国颁布的增值税改革政策从一定程度上制约了融资租赁业的发展,如何规避风险,减少政策对产业发展的不利影响是当前研究的重点。据此,文章首先总结了我国融资租赁业流转税税收政策的现状,进而分析了增值税改革后融资租赁业面临的问题,最后在此基础上提出了融资租赁业应对增值税改革的路径选择。     

金融税制与货币政策效应

金融税制是一国管理金融活动的有关税收的法律法规的总和。金融税制影响金融市场效率和各类金融活动主体的行为，通过利率传导机制和信贷配给传导机制对货币政策效应产生影响。为保证货币政策能顺利传导，我国目前应进一步完善针对金融市场的流转税和所得税制度，对商业银行不宜取消现行的营业税或急剧降低营业税税率，应针对不同业务细化和完善相关的流转税制度。     

个人所得税税前扣除与税收公平原则

税收具有筹集财政收入和调节经济、调节分配的职能。个人所得税既影响着一个国家的财政收入，又与国民生活质量息息相关，是各国政府十分重视的问题。由于我国在个人所得税领域的税前扣除项目采取的是完全不考虑纳税人的自然状况、家庭负担的扣除方式等，导致了对税收公平原则的违背，直接影响我国建设和谐社会的宏伟目标。对之，一些国家的做法值得我们借鉴。     

借鉴国际经验 合理划分税权

文章对我国税权划分的现状进行了分析,指出税收管理权限的划分应与各级政府的事权相适应,在对各国税权划分类型进行比较的基础上,借鉴国际经验,提出应进一步完善分税制财政管理体制,确保地方政府享有相对独立的税权,并提出了调整税权划分的具体构想。