浅谈企业经营方式中的增值税纳税筹划

我国建立市场经济体制以来,企业对纳税问题有了进一步的认识,相应地也开始研究纳税筹划问题。本文从企业经营方式中的几种特殊销售行为方面对我国企业增值税税收筹划工作进行分析,以更好的促进企业税务筹划工作的积极性,从而达到减轻税负,提高企业经济效益的目的。     

我国工业企业社会保险负担的区域差异分析——基于超越对数生产函数的实证研究

本文设计了企业社会保险负担率的指标,并根据超越对数生产函数构建了社会保险负担率的测算模型,分析了各地区工业企业的社会保险负担差异。结果表明：第一,我国工业企业社会保险负担从大到小依次是：中部、西部、东部、东北。与当前社会保险＂主要向西部地区和东北地区倾斜＂倾斜的政策取向存在一定差异。第二,各地区的企业社会保险负担位次,与企业利润水平位次负相关。因此确定企业社会保险缴费基数,应当综合考虑企业劳动报酬和利润水平因素。第三,企业社会保险负担位次与资本投入水平的位次负相关,企业社会保险负担增加将导致资本对劳动的替代,对就业问题产生一定影响。     

Impact of heart failure on hospital activity and healthcare costs in Belgium

Summary

Heart failure (HF) is a serious public health problem worldwide. It has a high prevalence, affects mainly the elderly and causes high mortality or disability with high economic costs. The aim of the present study was to calculate the number of admissions for HF, the total in-hospital stay, the mean length of in-hospital stay and the in-hospital costs due to HF in Belgium.

Retrospective analysis of data from the national hospital registration system provided the following results. In 2001, there were 19,398 admissions with HF as a primary diagnosis, with a total in-hospital stay of 286,938 days. The mean in-hospital stay for HF was 14.8 days. The total in-hospital cost of HF as a primary diagnosis was € 94,113,827, representing 1.8% of the total hospital expenditure.

The limitations of this study are its mere focus on admissions and their characteristics in 2001, and the use of a retrospective analysis. Nevertheless, it led to the conclusion that HF was responsible for a significant number of in-hospital days, with a significant impact on healthcare costs in Belgium.     

Food value chain transformations in developing countries: Selected hypotheses on nutritional implications

We examine how the transformation of food value chains (FVCs) influence the triple malnutrition burden (undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition) in developing countries. We propose a FVC typology (modern, traditional, modern-to-traditional, and traditional-to-modern) that takes into account the participants, the target market, and the products offered. Next, we propose selected hypotheses on the relationship between each FVC category and elements of the triple malnutrition burden. The primary finding is that the transformation of FVCs creates challenges and opportunities for nutrition in developing countries. For example, Modern FVCs may increase over-nutrition problems and alleviate micronutrient deficiencies for urban people with relatively high incomes. However, they have little nutritional impacts among rural residents and urban poor people, who primarily depend on traditional FVCs to access adequate quantities of calories and micronutrients. In addition, modern food manufacturers are leveraging traditional distribution networks (modern-to-traditional FVCs), substantially increasing access to low-priced processed/packaged foods in rural areas and low-income urban neighbors with mixed impacts on the triple burden of malnutrition. Further research should focus on the influence of FVC transformation on reduction of micronutrient deficiencies, on modeling demand substitution effects across food categories and the attendant policy implications for malnutrition.     

A real-world analysis of healthcare costs and relative risk of hyperprolactinemia associated with antipsychotic treatments in the United States

Abstract

Aims: Antipsychotic medications are associated with an increased risk of hyperprolactinemia, but differ in their propensity to cause this complication. This study aimed to assess the economic burden of hyperprolactinemia, and to compare its risk among adult patients using atypical antipsychotics (AAs) with a mechanism of action associated with no/low vs high/moderate prolactin elevation.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was based on US Commercial and Medicaid claims databases. Healthcare costs were compared between matched hyperprolactinemia and hyperprolactinemia-free cohorts using a two-part model. Risk of hyperprolactinemia was compared between patients receiving AAs with a mechanism of action associated with no/low (no/low prolactin elevation cohort) vs high/moderate prolactin elevation (high/moderate prolactin cohort) using logistic regression.

Results: In the commercially insured sample, compared to the hyperprolactinemia-free cohort (n?=?499), the hyperprolactinemia cohort (n?=?499) was associated with incremental total healthcare costs of $5,732 ($20,081 vs $14,349; p?=?.004), and incremental medical costs of $3,861 ($13,218 vs $9,357; p?=?.040), mainly driven by hyperprolactinemia-related costs. In the Medicaid-insured sample, compared to the hyperprolactinemia-free cohort, the hyperprolactinemia cohort was associated with incremental total healthcare costs of $10,773 ($30,763 vs $19,990; p?=?.004), and incremental medical costs of $9,246 ($20,859 vs $11,613; p?=?.004), mainly driven by hyperprolactinemia-related and mental health-related costs. The odds of hyperprolactinemia in the no/low prolactin elevation cohort were 4–5-times lower than that in the high/moderate prolactin elevation cohort (odds ratio =0.21; p?<?.001).

Limitations: Hyperprolactinemia may be under-reported in claims data.

Conclusions: Hyperprolactinemia is associated with substantial healthcare costs. AAs associated with no/low prolactin elevation reduce the risk of hyperprolactinemia by 4–5-times compared to AAs associated with moderate/high prolactin elevation. Treatment options with minimal impact on prolactin levels may contribute to reducing hyperprolactinemia burden in AA-treated patients.     

湖南省财政收入与区域经济增长的实证研究

财政收入与区域经济增长之间存在着相互促进、相互制约的关系.近年来湖南省经济增长与财政收人出现迅速增长的势头,但在全国而言优势并不明显.文章用计量模型分析了湖南财政收入与区域经济增长之间的关系,并提出若干优化财政收入的政策建议.     

重塑产权制度是国有地勘单位改制的关键

国有地勘单位改制的核心问题在于重塑产权制度。目前 ,国有地勘单位面临三大难题 ,即现有国有资产定价问题 ,债务负担问题和员工身份转变问题。解决这些问题的关键是构建产权制度 ,使地勘单位带资分流改制 ,解决地勘单位债务负担 ,并置换职工身份 ,实现产权多元化。为此 ,地勘单位领导和员工要转变观念 ,加强财务管理 ,对国有地勘单位进行股份制改造     

基于木材原料加工企业税收效应研究

选择与木材原料培育和加工密切相关的企业为研究对象,运用财务分析工具,从投资者利益角度分析现存制度下税收对企业投资获利能力的影响。揭示了企业税收负担来源,讨论了税收负担不均衡、税收制度性歧视以及政策目标混乱等问题。     

A Proposal to Improve the VAT Treatment of Housing in the European Union*

The treatment of housing is one of the most difficult issues under the VATs in the EU. Ideally, rents and rental values should be taxed just like other consumer goods and services, but doing so would present formidable practical and political difficulties. Under a second‐best approach, the value of newly created residential (and other) property is taxed as a proxy for the VAT that should be payable on the flow of housing (building) services. This implies, however, that future increases (and decreases) in the value of the exempt property are left out of the VAT base. To remedy this defect, this paper recommends taxing the increases (refunding the tax related to decreases) realised at the time of sale of the exempt used property. This VAT should replace the current transfer, registration and stamp duties, which are highly distortionary. Beyond that, the VATs in various member states can be improved by limiting the exemption for all used immovable property to housing, by taxing land and by applying the standard rate more widely than is currently the case.     

税制结构与经济增长——基于我国省级面板数据的实证研究

通过构建税制结构与经济增长关系的内生增长模型,使用我国分税制改革以来16年间30个省级单位的税制结构与经济增长的省级面板数据,在既定税负的情况下对二者之间的关系进行实证研究。结果表明：我国目前的税负水平没有对经济增长产生消极作用,但各税类、税种对经济增长的作用差异很大。就税类来说,财产税和流转税较利于经济的增长,而所得税和其它税不利于经济的增长;就税种来说,车船税和增值税最利于经济的增长,而城建税和个人所得税最不利于经济的增长。所以,即使在保持现有税负水平不变的条件下,也可通过优化税制结构来促进经济增长。