IMF Working Papers

The Impact of Macroeconomic Policieson the Level of Taxation (andon the Fiscal Balance) in Developing Countries

By Vito Tanzi

October 24, 1988

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Vito Tanzi. The Impact of Macroeconomic Policieson the Level of Taxation (andon the Fiscal Balance) in Developing Countries, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1988) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

In recent years the level of taxation of many developing countries has changed dramatically over relatively short periods. These changes are too large and too sudden to attribute fully to a deterioration in tax administration or to changes in the traditional determinants of tax levels. The paper argues that they should be attributed mostly to macroeconomic policies. The paper discusses the connection between tax levels and (a) the real value of the official exchange rate, (b) import substitution policies, (c) trade liberalization, (d) inflation, (e) public debt, (f) financial policies. The paper concludes that more attention should be paid to those relationships and that tax reform should aim at neutralizing some of these effects.

Subject: Exchange rates, External debt, Foreign exchange, Imports, Inflation, International trade, Prices, Revenue administration, Tariffs, Taxes

Keywords: Devaluation, Effects of inflation, Exchange rates, Imports, Inflation, Inflation tax level, Price, Rate of inflation, Real value, Revenue, Revenue effect, Revenue implication, Tariffs, Tax, Tax administrator, Tax consequence, Tax handle, Tax level, Tax purpose, Tax revenue gain, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    28

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1988/095

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0951988

  • ISBN:

    9781451950236

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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