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Integrating a Unified Revenue Administration for Tax and Social Contribution Collections: Experiences of Central and Eastern European Countries

December 1, 2004

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Integrating a Unified Revenue Administration for Tax and Social Contribution Collections: Experiences of Central and Eastern European Countries, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2004) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

During the 1990s, a failure to collect social contributions in Central and Eastern European countries deprived pension schemes of resources needed to meet their obligations. Based on these countries' experience, this paper examines the trend to increase coordination of tax and contribution collections. It sets out the rationale for establishing a unified agency as the best long-term strategy, and discusses policy and administrative issues in implementing this approach. The appendix presents three case studies for Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania, which are establishing a unified revenue administration. Another case study is presented for Sweden, which successfully integrated tax and social contributions collections in the 1980s.

Subject: Expenditure, Pension spending, Revenue administration, Social assistance spending, Social security contributions, Tax administration core functions, Tax allowances, Taxes

Keywords: Assessment purpose, Central and Eastern Europe, Collection capacity, Collection function, Collection process, Contribution collection, Core tax administration process, Eastern Europe, Government administration cost, Information return, Information technology, Integration, Large taxpayer unit, Social assistance spending, Social contribution collection, Social security contributions, Tax administration, Tax administration core functions, Tax administration process, Tax agency, Tax allowances, Tax collection, Tax withholding, Tax/revenue administration, Western Europe, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    51

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2004/237

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2372004

  • ISBN:

    9781451875744

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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