Tax Policy for Emerging Markets: Developing Countries
February 1, 2000
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Summary
This paper discusses important tax policy issues facing developing countries today. It views tax policy from both the macroeconomic perspective, which focuses on broad questions such as the level and composition of tax revenue, and the microeconomic perspective, which focuses on certain design aspects of selected major taxes, such as the personal income tax, the corporate income tax, the value-added tax, excises, and import tariffs. It provides a review of the rote of tax incentives in these countries, and identifies some policy challenges posed by the globalization of the world economy.
Subject: Consumption taxes, Income and capital gains taxes, Personal income tax, Revenue administration, Tax incentives, Taxes
Keywords: abuse provision, accelerated depreciation, administration capability, Africa, Asia and Pacific, consumption tax, Consumption taxes, developing countries, Income and capital gains taxes, Middle East, personal income, Personal income tax, tax administration, Tax incentives, tax level, tax policy, tax ratio, tax reform, tax revenue, value-added tax, Western Hemisphere, WP
Pages:
34
Volume:
2000
DOI:
Issue:
035
Series:
Working Paper No. 2000/035
Stock No:
WPIEA0352000
ISBN:
9781451845341
ISSN:
1018-5941
