Tax Policy and the Asian Crisis

February 1, 1999

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David C Nellor. Tax Policy and the Asian Crisis, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1999) accessed September 18, 2024

Disclaimer: This Policy Dicussion Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

This paper focuses on tax policy and the crisis in Asia in the context of globalization and technological change. Two sets of conclusions, specific tax reform measures and general lessons from the crisis, form the tax policy agenda on these issues. The complexity and volume of financial transactions, associated with the opening of emerging markets, have made tax administration a more challenging task. Just as strengthening financial systems must be a precursor to capital account liberalization, tax administrations clearly also require strengthening in such an environment. In many emerging markets the capacity to tax capital returns is limited. Tax administrators need to understand and monitor complex financial transactions that grew rapidly due both to financial sector liberalization and technological innovation. Traditional difficulties for tax administrators, such as transfer pricing, that had often been limited to natural resource sectors in developing economies, took on wider importance as local companies gained sophistication and developed offshore operations.

Subject: Corporate income tax, Income and capital gains taxes, National accounts, Personal income, Revenue administration, Tax administration core functions, Tax incentives, Taxes

Keywords: Arbitrage possibility, Asia and Pacific, Asian crisis, Asian CrisisTax Policy, Asset, Capital, Capital return, Corporate income tax, Debt equity swap, Debt forgiveness, Exchange rate, Global, Income and capital gains taxes, Income tax, Net capital, PDP, Personal income, Proceeds, Stamp tax, Tax, Tax administration core functions, Tax firm, Tax incentives, Tax policy, Taxable income, Value, World tax organization

Publication Details

Pages:

24
Volume:

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Series:

Policy Discussion Paper No. 1999/002
Stock No:

PPIEA0021999
ISBN:

9781451974454
ISSN:

1564-5193

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