The relationship between culture and tax evasion across countries: Additional evidence and extensions

This study builds on the work of Tsakumis et al. [Tsakumis, G. T., Curatola, A. P,. & Porcano, T. M. (2007). The relation between national cultural dimensions and tax evasion. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 16, 131-147] by conducting further empirical analysis of the relationship between Hofstede's [Hofstede, G. H. (1980). Cultures consequences: International differences in work-related values. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications] cultural dimensions and tax evasion across countries using multiple measures of tax evasion to gain additional evidence on the subject. Moreover, this study extends the preliminary international tax evasion model developed by Tsakumis et al. [Tsakumis, G. T., Curatola, A. P,. & Porcano, T. M. (2007). The relation between national cultural dimensions and tax evasion. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 16, 131-147] to examine, along with culture, the impact of legal, political, and religious variables on tax evasion across countries. Based on data from 47 countries, and after controlling for economic development, the regression results indicate that the higher the level of uncertainty avoidance and the lower the level of individualism, legal enforcement, trust in government, and religiosity, the higher is the level of tax evasion across countries. These findings remain robust to multiple measures of tax evasion. Government policymakers should find the results of this study useful in assessing the likelihood of tax evasion from cultural, legal, political, and religious perspectives, and in developing tax reform policies to reduce tax evasion.     

税收遵从成本对纳税遵从行为的影响

税收遵从成本和征管成本一同构成税收运行成本,是税收成本的重要组成部分。但由于税收遵从成本具有非显性的特征,往往被理论界及实践部门所忽视。本文借鉴国外税收遵从成本理论,分析了税收遵从成本对纳税遵从行为的影响,提出了优化我国税收制度、降低税收遵从成本的框架性建议。     

A cultural perspective on innovation in international manufacturing

This paper presents the results of a survey administered across 24 countries that examines innovation in manufacturing firms by adopting Hofstede's national cultural framework. The purpose of this study is to test the validity of the “culture-specific” argument as an explanatory construct for innovation performance in international manufacturing. Data was collected in 2006 as part of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey IV (IMSS) by relying on a questionnaire addressed to firms classified by ISIC codes (rev.3.1) Divisions 28-35. From the findings it emerges that the “culture-specific argument” is a useful explanatory construct for innovation performance.     

Determinants of tax evasion: A cross-country investigation

The purpose of this study is to expand on the work of Riahi-Belkaoiu [Riahi-Belkaoiu, A. (2004). Relationship between tax compliance internationally and selected determinants of tax morale. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 13, 135-143] and systematically investigate, on a cross-country basis, many of the key determinants of tax evasion identified by Jackson and Milliron [Jackson, B. R., & Milliron, V. C. (1986). Tax compliance research: findings, problems and prospects. Journal of Accounting Literature, 5, 125-165]. Based on data for 45 countries, the results of the OLS regression analysis show that non-economic determinants have the strongest impact on tax evasion. Specifically, complexity is the most important determinant of tax evasion. Other important determinants of tax evasion are education, income source, fairness and tax morale. Overall, the regression results indicate that the lower the level of complexity and the higher the level of general education, services income source, fairness and tax morale, the lower is the level of tax evasion across countries. These findings remain robust to a broad range of cross-country control variables, an alternative tax evasion measure and various interactions.     

论国际税收竞争的法律调节

国际税收竞争正在成为经济全球化时代各国最大化本国经济利益的重要方式,它具有广泛的域外负外部效应,需要国际法规范予以调节.随着经济全球化的推进,wTO将成为调节国际税收政策的主要机构.我们必须降低现行企业所得税税率,以应对外国的税收竞争政策,同时,应成立专门工作小组,就国际税收竞争对我国的影响进行理论分析与实证研究,为我国参与wTO关于国际税收竞争问题的谈判提供政策建议.     

Relationship between tax compliance internationally and selected determinants of tax morale

Tax compliance has been studied by analyzing the individual decision of a representative person between planning and evading taxes. A neglected aspect of tax compliance is the impact of a social contract on tax morale. Such implicit contract between the individual and the state guaranteeing a high level of economic freedom, effective competition laws, an important equity market and high moral norms, is hypothesized to have a positive impact on tax compliance. In this paper, empirical evidence based on data from 30 countries indicate that tax compliance internationally is positively related to the level of economic freedom, the level of importance of the equity market and the effectiveness of competition laws and high moral norms.     

降低税收遵从成本的理论与实践

本文对现代西方税收遵从成本理论的发展进行了简要的介绍,概述了美国、澳大利亚降低税收遵从成本的实践,并对如何降低我国的税收遵从成本提出了建议。     

加强对税收筹划的管理

本文介绍了国际组织与发达国家对税收筹划及相关概念的认识和态度,以及各国税务当局为了有效地应对纳税人日益复杂的筹划行为而采取的措施和办法,并根据对税收筹划认识和管理的国际经验,结合我国实际,阐述了加强管理的若干思路。     

The impact of tax enforcement on corporate investment efficiency: evidence from the tax administration information system

Information technology is essential in tax enforcement. This study found that stronger tax enforcement after the tax administration information system reform improved corporate investment efficiency by reducing excessive investment expenditures. The effect is more significant under higher local government fiscal pressure, poorer external information environments, weaker external corporate governance, and stronger tax avoidance motivation. The main mechanism is based on the quality of the accounting information. This study enriches the literature on the economic consequences of tax enforcement and adds investment efficiency as an influential factor, which provides implications for international governments to use information technology to strengthen tax enforcement.     

税收竞争和税收套利对国际税收制度的挑战

当前被动投资的税收竞争、主动投资的税收竞争和税收套利等问题阻碍了单一税收原则和受惠原则的实践运用。本文介绍了税收竞争和税收套利对国际税收制度的挑战,并以OECD成员国的应对为例,阐述了OECD成员国不断与时俱进修订税收法规的历程,试图引起人们关注国际税收制度的完善。     

借鉴国际经验完善避税地税务管理

避税地是经济全球化和税收竞争的产物。避税地的滥用已日益引起各国政府和国际社会的关注。本文介绍了美国、澳大利亚等国应对避税地滥用所采取的税收立法和税收征管方面的各种规制措施,并在此基础上提出我国的避税地税务管理对策。     

The effects of analysts’ tax expense forecast accuracy on corporate tax avoidance: An international analysis

A spotlight has recently been cast on the role of analysts as monitors of corporate tax planning, but investigations beyond the US are rare. After extension to the international setting, I investigate whether the strength of investor protection impacts the relationship between analysts’ tax expense forecast accuracy and tax avoidance. Using a sample from 24 countries, I find that firms with high analysts’ tax expense forecast accuracy engage in lower levels of tax avoidance than firms with low forecast accuracy; this relationship is greater for firms in countries with weaker investor protection. These findings suggest that the extent of country-level investor protection substitutes for firm-level governance in constraining managerial incentives for tax avoidance.     

避税地避税及其防范

本文在对避税地的产生和发展,以及避税地对各国经济的危害进行深入研究并对世界各国应对避税地的措施进行比较分析的基础上,借鉴国际上的成功经验,对我国目前的跨国企业避税问题进行深入分析,提出了我国税制应对避税地的政策建议和税收征管上的改进措施。     

Mobile tax base as a global common

If countries anticipate international Bertrand competition in tax rates, they may expend effort that makes some of their taxpayers less mobile or increases the mobility of taxpayers elsewhere. Piecemeal evidence on what activities countries use is provided. Such activities are analyzed that interact with Bertrand tax competition if the size of the groups of loyal and nonloyal citizens or investors is endogenous. Further, the implications of tax harmonization and minimum taxes for these types of nonprice competition are considered. Home attachment reduces the intensity of tax competition, but generates a strategic disadvantage for the country that invests much in such home attachment. Harmonization of taxes and high minimum taxes can intensify countries’ investment in home attachment.      

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。     

中国-东盟税收协调问题研究

本文认为,中国—东盟的经济一体化发展虽然尚处于自由贸易区建设的低级阶段,但随着一体化步伐的加快,中国与东盟之间生产要素的流动将日趋频繁,因国内税制的差异而造成的税收障碍也将日益突出。为此,以消除税收障碍为重点的税收协调必不可免。秉承循序渐进的协调原则,东盟各成员国应该规范、完善现行税制,拓宽税收协定网络,加强国际税收合作;而中国则应致力于深化税制改革,完善国际税收制度。     

国外税务稽查经验及借鉴

当今,世界各国税务机关普遍重视稽查工作,一方面将财力、物力和人力向稽查部门倾斜,并借助科技力量和法律武器为税务稽查保驾护航;另一方面,加强税务稽查案源信息管理,以提高稽查工作的质量和效率。本文借鉴国外先进经验,提出了未来我国税务稽查应当在组织、流程以及法律保障等方面进行改进,以减少税收流失,提高全民纳税意识。     

国外税收遵从的实践

西方国家普遍认为税务管理的目标是规范纳税人行为,提高纳税人自觉遵从税法的程度。本文介绍了税务遵从实践中美国和澳大利亚的经验,并针对我国税务管理提出了几点建议:科学认识我国目前的征管现状,构建以提高税收遵从为导向的税务管理体系;以提高税收遵从为目标指导下一步信息化建设;提倡"合作遵从",构建和谐的征纳关系;以税收遵从为指导解决征管资源有限和经济高速发展的矛盾。     

2000～2008年OECD成员国个人所得税变化及对我国的启示

本文通过对2000～2008年OECD成员国个人所得税变化的分析,得出OECD成员国低收入纳税人税负下降、高收入纳税人税负上升,个人所得税最高边际税率普遍下降、税率档次进一步减少、税收累进性提高等结论。借鉴OECD成员国经验并结合我国国情,认为我国个人所得税的功能应定位于调节收入分配,并就如何提高我国个人所得税累进性提出了相关政策建议。     

银行税理论与实践研究

2011年随着英国新银行税(The Bank Levy)的开征,银行税已经从公众诉求和政治家的蓝图变为现实,成为后危机时代国际金融税制改革的热点。作为金融税制体系中出现的一个全新税种,银行税的征收目的、征税对象、计税依据和税率设计都有着与过去税种截然不同的理论基础和设计思路。不同的政治经济环境使得中国与欧洲国家在是否开征银行税的问题上有着不同的答案,但顺应国际金融税制改革趋势,做好开征银行税的研究和准备工作势在必行。