Download or read book Tax Reform in the Caribbean written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tax Administration Reforms in the Caribbean written by Stephane Schlotterbeck and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, governments in the Caribbean region have introduced the value-added tax (VAT) to modernize their tax system, rapidly mobilize revenue and reduce budget deficits. This paper analyzes VAT performance in the region and concludes that while it has boosted revenues, the VAT has not reached its potential. Intended as a broad-based tax with limited exemptions, a single rate and zero-rating confined to exports, the VAT’s design often lacks these characteristics. The paper also finds that although tax administration reforms can boost revenues, countries have just started to address organizational inefficiencies, data integrity issues, and operational ineffectiveness. These reforms need to intensify in order to have a more significant impact on compliance and revenue.
Download or read book The Fiscal Experience in the Caribbean written by Ramesh Ramsaran and published by Caribbean Center for Monetary Studies. This book was released on 2004 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Structural Reform and Growth written by Kevin Greenidge and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1980’s with the introduction of IMF/WB adjustment programs structural reforms have been a core part of the reform agenda in the Caribbean. The paper reviewed the package of structural reforms in trade liberalization, financial liberalization and tax policy, and gauges their impact on growth. The paper used a set of reform indices to gauge both short-run and long-run effects of structural reforms on growth, controlling for other possible growth determinants using panel dynamic OLS estimation. In addition, recognizing the importance of institutions to growth the empirical analysis also analyzed the impact of institutional quality on growth for a sample of small states including the Caribbean. We concluded that the benefits of structural reforms are only seen over the long-term and in reinvigorating growth the reform effort needs to be revived and include greater attention to strengthening institutional quality.
Download or read book The Jamaican Tax Reform written by Jamaica Tax Structure Examination Project and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of papers on tax reform in Jamaica in the 1980s, including background information on the value added tax introduced in 1991. All aspects of direct and indirect taxes in various economic sectors are covered. Numerous tables provide empirical data on public finance aspects of the Jamaican economy.
Download or read book More than Revenue written by Inter-American Development Bank and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-03-18 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new volume provides an up-to-date overview of the current state of taxation in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, its main reform needs, and possible reform strategies that take into account the likely economic, institutional, and political constraints on the reform process.
Download or read book Comprehensive Tax Reform written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 1246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tax Reform in Developing Countries written by Malcolm Gillis and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the work of experts on the tax reform in several developing countries, from the restructuring of the economy of post-war Japan to the 1986 reforms in Jamaica. This study is based on the conference convened by the Center for International Development Research of the Institute of Policy Sciences at Duke University in April 1988.
Download or read book Tax Reform in Jamaica written by Roy W. Bahl and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A New Action based Dataset of Fiscal Consolidation in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Mr.Antonio David and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents a new database of fiscal consolidations for 14 Latin American and Caribbean economies during 1989-2016. We focus on discretionary changes in taxes and government spending primarily motivated by a desire to reduce the budget deficit and long-term fiscal health and not by a response to prospective economic conditions. To identify the motivation and budgetary impact of the fiscal policy changes, we examine contemporaneous policy documents, including Budgets, central bank reports, and IMF and OECD reports. The resulting series can be used to estimate the macroeconomic effects of fiscal consolidation for these economies
Download or read book Corporate Income Taxes under Pressure written by Ruud A. de Mooij and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes the difficulties of the current international corporate income tax system. It starts by describing its origins and how changes, such as the development of multinational enterprises and digitalization have created fundamental problems, not foreseen at its inception. These include tax competition—as governments try to attract tax bases through low tax rates or incentives, and profit shifting, as companies avoid tax by reporting profits in jurisdictions with lower tax rates. The book then discusses solutions, including both evolutionary changes to the current system and fundamental reform options. It covers both reform efforts already under way, for example under the Inclusive Framework at the OECD, and potential radical reform ideas developed by academics.
Download or read book Description of Tax Provisions of S 544 the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kingdom of the Netherlands Sint Maarten Technical Assistance Report Sustainable Tax Reforms written by International Monetary and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sint Maarten’s economy has been hit hard over the last 4 years. In 2017, two major hurricanes struck the island causing significant damage. While reconstruction was largely financed by insurance proceeds and grants from The Netherlands, economic recovery from the hurricane damage was slow and in early 2020 the coronavirus pandemic shut down most of Sint Maarten’s tourism sector. As a result, fiscal revenue declined by 15 percent since 2016; payroll tax revenue declined by only 4.5 percent, whereas the turnover tax revenue declined by 23 percent. Since April 2020, The Netherlands has provided immediate financial support to cushion the economic shock of the pandemic. In December 2020, Sint Maarten concluded an agreement with The Netherlands to receive more substantial financial support for recovery and ensuring long-term fiscal sustainability. In return, the authorities committed to make structural changes to their tax system, making it more growth-friendly and equitable, while optimizing and ensuring its revenue mobilization capacity.
Download or read book Corporate Income Tax Competition in the Caribbean written by Koffie Ben Nassar and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2008 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivated by the concern that corporate income tax (CIT) competition may have eroded the tax base, this paper calculates average effective tax rates to measure the impact of CIT competition, including the widespread use of tax holidays, on the tax base for 15 countries in the Caribbean. The results not only confirm erosion of the tax base, but also show that CIT holidays must be removed for recent tax policy initiatives (such as accelerated depreciation, loss carry forward provisions, and tax harmonization) to be effective. These findings suggest that the authorities should either avoid granting CIT holidays or rely more on other taxes (including consumption taxes such as the value-added tax) in order to broaden the tax base.
Download or read book Tax Reforms and Equity in ACP Countries written by Manfred Holthus and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the influence of taxation and the revenue collection systems on social equity and the distribution of income in Jamaica and Côte d'Ivoire. Also ascertains what general conclusions could be drawn for the continuation of reform policies.
Download or read book The Jamaican Tax Reform written by Jamaica Tax Structure Examination Project Staff and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 845 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in Latin America written by Luigi Bernardi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-24 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of tax systems and tax reforms in a number of Latin American countries since the early 1990‘s, including Argentina and Brazil, Costa Rica and Mexico, Paraguay, Colombia, Chile and Uruguay. The authors present and discuss tax systems from a broad quantitative and historical perspective and describe the mai
