Expanding Taxable Capacity and Reaching Revenue Potential : Cross-Country Analysis

An effective tax system is fundamental for successful country development. The first step to understand public revenue systems is to establish some commonly agreed performance measurements and benchmarks. This paper employs a cross-country study t...

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Main Authors:	Le, Tuan Minh, Moreno-Dodson, Blanca, Rojchaichaninthorn, Jeep
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURE BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BENCHMARKS BUDGET DEFICITS BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY BUSINESS CLIMATE CAPITAL MOBILITY COMPLIANCE COSTS CONSUMPTION TAXES COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT COUNTRY RISK CURRENCY DEDUCTIONS DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC STRUCTURES EQUATIONS EVASION EXPENDITURE EXPORTS FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBALIZATION GNP GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT FINANCE GOVERNMENT REVENUES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS VALUE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME TAXES INCOMES INFORMAL ECONOMY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL TRADE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MARKET PRICES MIDDLE EAST MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MONETARY FUND NATURAL RESOURCES NORTH AFRICA NUMERICAL VALUE OPEN ECONOMIES OUTPUT OUTPUTS PARTICULAR COUNTRY PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE MEASURES POLITICAL DETERMINANTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SYSTEM PRODUCT TAXES PUBLIC PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING REFORM PROGRAM REVENUE CAPACITY REVENUE COLLECTION REVENUE PERFORMANCE REVENUE REFORM RISK ASSESSMENTS RULE OF LAW SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX AVOIDANCE TAX BASE TAX BURDENS TAX COLLECTION TAX COLLECTIONS TAX COMPLIANCE TAX COORDINATION TAX EXPENDITURES TAX INCENTIVES TAX INCIDENCE TAX POLICIES TAX POLICY TAX PROVISIONS TAX RATES TAX REFORM TAX REFORMS TAX REGIME TAX REGIMES TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAX STRUCTURE TAX STRUCTURES TAX SYSTEM TAX SYSTEMS TAX WEDGE TAXABLE INCOME TAXATION TAXPAYER SERVICE TAXPAYERS TRADE TAXES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO URBANIZATION VALUE ADDED VALUE ADDED TAX WAGES WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9080661/expanding-taxable-capacity-reaching-revenue-potential-cross-country-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6565

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Summary:	An effective tax system is fundamental for successful country development. The first step to understand public revenue systems is to establish some commonly agreed performance measurements and benchmarks. This paper employs a cross-country study to estimate tax capacity from a sample of 104 countries during 1994-2003. The estimation results are then used as benchmarks to compare taxable capacity and tax effort in different countries. Taxable capacity refers to the predicted tax-gross domestic product ratio that can be estimated with the regression, taking into account a country's specific economic, demographic, and institutional features. Tax effort is defined as an index of the ratio between the share of the actual tax collection in gross domestic product and the predicted taxable capacity. The authors classify countries into four distinct groups by their level of actual tax collection and attained tax effort. This classification is based on the benchmark of the global average of tax collection and a tax effort index of 1 (when tax collection is exactly the same as the estimated taxable capacity). The analysis provides guidance for countries with various levels of tax collection and tax effort.

Expanding Taxable Capacity and Reaching Revenue Potential : Cross-Country Analysis

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