People’s Republic of China: Selected Issues

June 18, 1996

Summary

This Selected Issues paper examines the decline in the revenue-to-GDP ratio for the People’s Republic of China. In common with most transition countries, China has experienced a sharp decline in fiscal revenues since the initiation of economic reforms, owing mainly to weakness in tax revenues. This paper describes the secular decline in the revenue ratio in China and reviews the factors behind the decline. It also compares China’s experience with that of other transition countries where revenues have tended to decline.

Subject: Consumption taxes, Economic sectors, Income and capital gains taxes, Income tax systems, Public enterprises, Revenue administration, Taxes

Keywords: Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe, Consumption taxes, corporatized enterprise sector, CR, Eastern Europe, enterprise reform, Income and capital gains taxes, income tax, Income tax systems, ISCR, loss-making enterprise, M2, monetization, Public enterprises, tax, velocity, velocity equation, velocity trend, Western Europe

Pages:
57
Volume:
1996
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451807776.002
Issue:
041
Series:
Country Report No. 1996/041
Stock No:
1CHNEA0021996
ISBN:
9781451807776
ISSN:
1934-7685

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Notes

This report was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country. In releasing this document for public use, confidential material may have been removed at the request of the member.

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