基于政策目标的存款利息得税的有效性分析

我国1999年开征的存款利息所得税是一次典型意义上的相机调控行为,短期内达到了预期的调控目标。但随着政策持续时间的延长,政策刚性对社会公平和经济长期增长的负面影响也在逐步增强。而且相机性财政政策仅仅是一项短期政策,不应该被长期实施。相机性政策的长期实施不仅会使短期的政策效应丧失,而且政策刚性产生的负面影响将会不断扩大。对利息所得税而言,如果不能将其纳入个人所得税改革的整体框架内统筹安排,则应考虑尽快退出。     

Tax Clientele Effects in the Term Structure of UK Interest Rates

This paper tests for tax clientele effects in the term structure of UK interest rates. Five empirical models of the term structure of interest rates, incorporating tax effects, are estimated with daily data covering the period 31 March, 1995 to 3 August, 1995. In May 1995, the British government announced its intention to eliminate the tax exemption on capital gains from government bonds, but subsequently in July 1995 backtracked on some of its initial proposals. This period therefore forms the basis of a crude natural experiment in the sense that it provides an opportunity to examine tax clientele effects 'before' and 'after' an event which should have levelled greatly the taxing of government bonds. The empirical analysis suggests large tax clientele effects. However, there is little evidence of tax-specific term structures of interest rates.     

当前我国国内横向税收竞争的实证分析

目前我国理论研究的不足阻碍了对现实生活中各类税收竞争问题的有效治理。为此,着眼于我国国内横向税收竞争的实践,对其进行总结和归类,剖析其背后的体制与制度原因,评价其经济效应,并由此提出促进我国国内横向税收有序发展的政策措施是必要的。     

Reduced Tax Progressivity in Norway in the Nineties: The Effect from Tax Changes

The inequality in pre-tax income increased in Norway in the 1990s, while the concentration of taxes remained largely unaltered. This means that tax progressivity has decreased in the period, as measured by summary indices of tax progressivity. In this paper I analyze individual income data to ascertain whether tax changes in the period can explain the observed decrease in tax progressivity. As marginal tax rates at high income levels have been substantially reduced in the period, for instance through the tax reform of 1992, it is expected that tax changes may have influenced the degree of inequality in pre-tax incomes. This behavioral effect is examined by deriving estimates of the elasticity of gross income with respect to the net-of-tax rate, obtained from various panel data regressions. The tax changes may also have shifted the distributional burden of taxes for unaltered level of pre-tax income inequality. In order to identify this (direct) effect of tax-law alterations, the same fixed distribution of pre-tax income is exposed to various tax-laws in the period.     

论出口骗税的防范与治理

随着国际贸易的发展,出口骗税问题日益复杂化和多样化.如何防范和打击出口骗税行为已成为当前一个亟待解决的课题.对此,各国纷纷采取措施,从制度设计、税收管理、监控检查、机构设置等方面对出口骗税进行防范和打击.本文借鉴了国际经验,对我国防范与治理出口骗税提出了建议.     

影响税制变迁的因素分析

正确认识影响税制变迁的各种因素以及这些因素发挥作用的方向和方式,在税制改革中十分重要。因为其最根本的影响来自内在制度,所以分析政治制度对税制变迁的影响,能够揭示税制变迁藉以实现的外在制度因由。在此基础上,解析内在制度中的平等义务观及如何影响外在制度在税制变迁中的作用,有利于正确认识在这两个制度约束下征纳双方对税制变迁的影响。     

Factors Influencing Interest Rates on Delinquent Property Tax Certificates

This study examines the market for delinquent property tax certificates, a commonly used enforcement mechanism in property tax systems around the United States. We model the value of such certificates using a continuous-time framework and propose a statistical model that allows testing for factors that affect interest rates charged by investors who purchase the certificates as investment instruments. Using sample data from tax certificate sales in Florida from 1982 to 2000, we find that interest rates on certificates are negatively and significantly related to assessed property value and homestead status, and positively related to local ownership. We find an inverse relationship between interest rates and the number of certificates purchased by the certificate investor, indicating a significant clientele effect in this market. We also find that the implied effective tax rate is positively related to the interest rates charged by investors. Overall, the findings provide insight into the function of this unique market niche.     

房地产税收的一般经济分析

房地产税作为地方政府理想的收入来源,对于实质性财政分权制度的建立具有非常重要的作用。关于房地产税的税负归宿问题,理论界存在三种不同的观点。但这三种观点并不是相互排斥的,在不同的情况下,每种观点可能都是有效的。按照现代资产定价理论,房地产税收通过改变住宅投资的预期增值,从而影响住宅资产价格的走势。     

我国税负区域性分布的归宿分析

税收政策在缩小地区贫富差距方面具有显著效果。针对现有区域性税收优惠政策,应当及时纠正向东部地区过度倾斜的累退性导向,以实现地区范畴上的公平对待,并避免在新一轮经济发展中出现各地争设各类开发区、园区的风潮。同时根据不同地区的经济结构差异,应积极推动各地,尤其是中西部地区实现产业优化和升级,以自动调整区域税负分布状况。此外,消费行为及其结构也会在微观层面对税负分布及归宿产生影响。对区域性因素的扰动进行计量分析,可以在因地制宜的基础上,促进区域税负分布格局的合理化。     

Complexity and Progressivity in Income Tax Design: Deductions for Work-Related Expenses

We analyze optimal income taxes with deductions for work-related or consumptive goods. We consider two cases. In the first case (called a complex tax system) the tax authorities can exactly distinguish between consumptive and work-related expenditures. In the second case (called a simple tax system) this distinction is not exact. Assuming additively separable utility functions, we show that work-related expenditures should be fully deductible in the first case while deduction rates should be less than 100 percent in the second case. Under further simplifying assumptions, we also show that the simple system can be characterized by higher tax burdens on low income earners and less redistribution.