Tax Farming: A Radical Solution for Developing Country Tax Problems?

September 1, 1992

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Peter Stella. Tax Farming: A Radical Solution for Developing Country Tax Problems?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1992) accessed November 23, 2024

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Summary

Systemic tax administration problems in many developing countries have led to a search for radical solutions. One such proposed solution is tax farming. Tax farming is a system wherein the right to collect taxes is auctioned off to the highest bidder. An analysis of the historical experience with tax farming shows that its purported administrative efficiency is largely illusory. While certain aspects of tax administration may be suitable for privatization, the classic form of tax farming would appear to have little attraction for a modern state concerned with justice and equity.

Subject: Agricultural tax, Financial institutions, Loans, Revenue administration, Tax administration core functions, Tax collection, Tax incentives, Tax law, Tax policy, Taxes

Keywords: Agricultural tax, Credit problem, Government collection, Government relationship, Government salary schedule, Government's objective, Loans, North Africa, Tax administration core functions, Tax collection, Tax collector, Tax farming, Tax law, WP

Publication Details

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26
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Working Paper No. 1992/070
Stock No:

WPIEA0701992
ISBN:

9781451960327
ISSN:

1018-5941

Notes

Also published in Staff Papers, Vol. 40, No. 1, March 1993.

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