Description: Tax Compliance Cost Surveys : Using data to design targeted reforms

Tax Compliance Cost Surveys : Using data to design targeted reforms

Businesses especially small ones often face heavy costs in the process of preparing, filing, and paying taxes in addition to the burden of tax payments. These compliance costs, added to fines, penalties, and the risks of onerous inspections and dem...

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Main Author:	Coolidge, Jacqueline
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADDED TAX ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS ADVISORY SERVICE ADVISORY SERVICES AUDITS BARRIERS TO INVESTMENT BRIBES BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS EXPERIENCE BUSINESS OWNER BUSINESS TAX CHECKS COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPLIANCE COST CORPORATE INCOME TAX CORRUPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFECTIVE TAX RATES EMPLOYEE ETHNIC GROUPS FINANCE CORPORATION FIXED ASSETS FOREIGN INVESTMENT INCOME INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT POLICY JOB CREATION JURISDICTIONS LOCAL CURRENCY MICRO-ENTERPRISES MICROENTERPRISES NATIONAL TREASURY NEW BUSINESS NEW BUSINESSES OPPORTUNITY COST OUTREACH OUTSOURCING PARTICULAR COUNTRY PAYROLL TAX PAYROLL TAXES PENSION PENSION FUND PUBLIC RELATIONS REFORM PROGRAM SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SMALL BUSINESSES SOCIAL INSURANCE FUNDS TAX TAX ACCOUNTING TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX BURDEN TAX COLLECTION TAX COLLECTORS TAX COMPLIANCE TAX COMPLIANCE COSTS TAX COST TAX EVASION TAX FORMS TAX OFFICES TAX POLICY TAX PREPARERS TAX REFORM TAX REFORMS TAX REGIME TAX REGIMES TAX RETURNS TAX SYSTEMS TAXATION TAXPAYERS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TURNOVER TURNOVER TAX
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/02/12114167/tax-compliance-cost-surveys-using-data-design-targeted-reforms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10509

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Summary:	Businesses especially small ones often face heavy costs in the process of preparing, filing, and paying taxes in addition to the burden of tax payments. These compliance costs, added to fines, penalties, and the risks of onerous inspections and demands for bribes, often deter business creation and growth in developing and transition countries. A tax compliance cost survey can provide useful information for the design of reforms to reduce compliance costs and risks for small businesses. This note highlights key findings of tax compliance cost surveys conducted in South Africa, the Republic of Yemen, Ukraine, and Peru that measured the burdens on business. These surveys helped fine-tune the design of reforms to lower costs for businesses and improve their competitiveness.

Tax Compliance Cost Surveys : Using data to design targeted reforms

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