Technical Notes and Manuals

Integrating the Collection of Social Insurance Contributions and Personal Income Taxes

August 10, 2021

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Integrating the Collection of Social Insurance Contributions and Personal Income Taxes, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed September 19, 2024

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Summary

This technical note addresses the following questions: • What are the main ways in which different countries assess and collect personal income tax (PIT) and social insurance contributions (SIC) liabilities (Section I)? • What is the case for transferring responsibility for a country’s SIC collection from its social insurance agency(ies) to its tax authority (Section II)? • What changes does such integration of collection functions involve (Section III)? • Are there any lessons from international experience to guide such reforms (Section IV)? • How to build on these lessons when planning a transfer of collection functions (Section V)? • Are there any beneficial alternatives to full integration of functions (Section VI)?

Subject: Compliance costs, Expenditure, Income, National accounts, Personal income tax, Revenue administration, Social assistance spending, Tax allowances, Taxes

Keywords: Collection function, Collection model, Collection of social insurance contributions, Compliance costs, Income, Personal income tax, Publication order, SIA audit visit, Social assistance spending, Tax allowances, Tax authority

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    24

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  • Series:

    Technical Notes and Manuals No. 2021/008

  • Stock No:

    TNMEA2021008

  • ISBN:

    9781513582757

  • ISSN:

    2075-8669