Overview of the Reports on the Reformation of Personal Income Taxation

Presentation of the reports on the reformation of personal income taxation that have been prepared with a development plan for the Greek economy,that discuss the issue of taxation and point out its important features.The goal is the complete modernization of the tax system,so that it responds more fully to the principles of social justice,contributes to the economic development of the country and is governed by simple and modern procedures,which apply to all tax objects.The purpose of the study is to deepen the proposals for tax reform based on the peculiarities of the Greek economy,the international trends in this field and the weaknesses of the tax system.The effects of a tax reformation are analyzed and how it should take the form of the reform,which,however,requires a new legislation,which will bring about radical and deep cuts,which respond to the new conditions and the internationalization of the economy.Proposals for a set of structural measures,which are necessary for the country’s adaptation to the wider European environment and the elimination of the weaknesses that increase its distance from the other member countries.Citation of the common points of the reports on the reformation of personal income taxation and their adoption by the tax leadership.

Preferential Policy and Tax Regulations Income Tax of Enterprises and Local Income Tax

*Newly-built joint ventures engaged in new and high technological enterprises shall enjoy a 15 percent reduction of income tax for two years, or a 24 percent reduction for two years and a 50 percent reduction in the following three years. A choice between the two may be decided by the said enterprises. **Service industry, those enterprises with a foreign capital of more than US$5 million shall be exempt from the tax

The Current System of Personal Income Tax Calls for Prompt Revision

BEIJING’S revenue from personal income tax in 2001 was 8 billion yuan, an increase of 42 percent, and the amount of tax received from high-income earners increased 2.6 fold. From September to November 2001, high-income earners paid taxes of 60 million yuan they had previously evaded. In the first half of 2002, Beijing defined its key taxpayers, that is, those with an annual income exceeding 100,000 yuan. According to this definition, the tax-paying situation of at least 30,000 people is under control. Revisions to the Individual Income

Should Income Tax Threshold Be Raised?

China’s top legislature has received more than 230,000 public submissions in just over a month on a draft amendment to increase the minimum threshold for personal income tax from 2,000 yuan($308) per month to 3,000 yuan($462). The draft also proposes a reduction in the number of income tax brackets from the current nine to seven.Thrown open for public opinion on April 25,2011,the provision seeks to amend China’s Personal Income Tax Law that was first introduced in 1980.

Enterprise Income Tax in China

Doing business in China,while lucrative,can be a mine-field to the uninitiated.This regular column by Deloitte will provide specific information to give businesspeople the tools they need to facilitate this process.This article looks at how foreign investors are taxed in the People’s Republic of Chin(PRC)under the enterprise income tax(EIT),regardless of whether the investor is operating as a wholly foreign-owned

Enterprise Income Tax in China

Doing business in China, while lucrative, can be a mine-field to the uninitiated. This regular column by Deloitte will provide specific information to give businesspeople the tools they need to facilitate this process.

Income tax in Russia:history and the present

Next year marks 100 years since the introduction of the first law on income tax in Russia.Over this period a number of reforms on income tax has been conducted,and various results have been achieved.It has become of importance to analyze the experience of income tax reforms.This paper aims to study the formation and reformation of income tax in Russia.This work singles out and analyzes five stages of formation of income tax in Russia-the main focus being on the analysis of the two last stages of income tax functioning:during the transition to a market economy and in a market economy.The paper identifies the main prerequisites of the personal income tax reform in 2001 and analyzes the results of the reform.The paper validates the conclusion that the reform had mixed results.The transition to the proportional model of personal income tax failed to significantly affect the fiscal significance of this tax,and did not lead to the desired legalization of salaries or a drastic decrease in the share of wages paid off the books.Moreover,the income tax reform did not result in a significant decrease in the number of tax concessions that reduce the neutrality and fiscal significance of the tax.At the same time,the income tax reform made it possible to drastically increase the neutrality and economic effectiveness of this tax,reduced the cost of administration for taxpayers,withholding agents,and tax services.In light of a possible new reform of the tax system,this article makes the assumption that the return to progressive tax rates will fall short of expectations of the poor,as the wealth gap in Russian society will not be reduced.This paper draws the conclusion that as the achievement of the expected results is not guaranteed,preserving the existing model of personal income tax may be the most pragmatic option.At the same time,it might be advisable to take an inventory of tax deductions,and possibly cancel some of them that are exclusively enjoyed by the rich in the first place.

A Study on the Income Redistribution Effect of China’s 2018 Personal Income Tax Reform

Personal income tax is an important redistribution tool,its redistribution effect has been concerned by all walks of life.Using CHIP2018,this paper calculates and analyzes the income redistribution effect of the personal income tax reform plan in 2018,and fi nds that:The comprehensive taxation can raise the average tax rate,progressivity and redistribution effect of personal income tax;The rise of the standard of basic deduction,six special additional deductions,and the change of tax rate structure raise the progressiveness of personal income tax,but reduce the average tax rate and thus weaken the income redistribution effect of personal income tax;The comprehensive income tax will enhance the impact of basic deduction of expenses,six special additional deductions and the change of tax rate structure on the redistribution effect of individual income tax income;Under the joint action of the reform measures,the progressivity of individual income tax has risen as a whole,but the average tax rate of individual income tax and redistribution index have shown a sharp decline,both of which decreased by more than 50%.Using the household survey data of the year of reform,this paper comprehensively investigates the income redistribution effect of the personal income tax reform,which enriches the research on the redistribution effect of the new round of personal income tax reform.

Down With Income Taxes

China increases its income tax exemption threshold to reduce tax burdens on low-wage earners As a company clerk, 32-year-old Ren Jun doesn’t make a lot of money.Of his meager paycheck, he needs to pay about 250 yuan ($39) in taxes each month. From September,

Fiscal pressure and local economic growth--An experiment from China income tax sharing system reform

In this paper,we construct an“as-if”DID model on the basis of the 2002“Income Tax Sharing System”reform and evaluate the changes in local fiscal pressure based on an exogenous shock that redefines the tax sharing rules between the central government and local governments.By using the DMSP/OLS satellite data at the city-level,we empirically examine the impact of fiscal pressure on the economic growth.We find that fiscal pressure significantly increase the satellite lighting.Furthermore,we obtain the findings as follows.Firstly,the incentive effects of fiscal pressure effects are less profound in cities that receive considerable intergovernmental transfers from high levels of governments.Secondly,the local governments are more likely to help the growth of real estate industry,which can reciprocally bring them considerable sales taxation.However,this homogenized growth pattern might be detrimental for economic diversification and finally enhance the risk of economical fluctuation.Finally,the fiscal pressure created by the reform restricts the extent to which jurisdictions compete with each other.However,the tax competition still exists because local governments are able to lower the tax rate once they gain enough revenues from land-sales.This paper provides a new explanation for China’s high-speed growth in addition to expenditure decentralization or administration decentralization.It also offers extra evidence for exploring the growth incentives of local government within the framework of China’s decentralization.

International Transfer Pricing——A Generalziation Based on Income Tax and Tariff Effects

In order to successfully compete in the global market,many multinationalcompanies use control and evaluation systems for monitoring the performanceof their subsidiaries abroad,which are faced with complexities of political,social,cultural,and legal differences,tax regulations,import and export re-strictions,foreign exchange regulations,control on the transfer of f unds,and various other restrictions imposed by host countries to protect their nation-al interests.The challenge for multinationals is to design a transfer strategywhich appropriately rewards the management of the subsidiaries overseas andalso copes with the various poli tical,legal,cultural,and economic restric-tions of the host countries.

What Are the Most Effective Adjustments To Ease Individual Income Tax Burdens?

The Chinese Government’s recent economic stimulus measures are attracting much attention because of its plan to increase people’s incomes and alleviate enterprises and residents’ economic burden.

Impact of taxes on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development:Evidence from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD)countries

Multiple ecological and socioeconomic problems have occurred worldwide,raising the awareness of sustainability.This study aims to examine the impact of taxes on Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)in the context of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD)countries.This research used effective average tax(EAT),tax on personal income(TPI),tax on corporate profits(TCP),and tax on goods and services(TGS)as the variables of taxes,and employed secondary data from 38 OECD countries covering 2000–2021.The study also used Breusch-Pagan Lagrange Multiplier(LM),Pesaran Scaled LM,Bias-Corrected Scaled LM,and Pesaran Cross-sectional dependence(CSD)tests to analyze the existence of crosssectional dependency.Then,we established the stationarity of variables through second-generation panel unit root tests(Cross-sectional Augmented Dickey-Fuller(CADF)and Cross-sectional Im,Pesaran,and Shin(CIPS)),and confirmed the long-run cointegration of the variables by using secondgeneration panel cointegration test(Westerlund cointegration test).The results showed that EAT,TPI,TCP,and TGS are positively associated with SDGs.However,the change in TPI has a smaller effect on SDGs than the change in EAT or TCP or TGS.The result of panel causality indicated that EAT,TPI,and TGS have a unidirectional causal relationship with SDGs.The study also found that TCP has a bi-directional causal relationship with SDGs.Moreover,the finding indicated that the OECD countries need to focus on tax policies to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.This study is based on the theory of optimal taxation(TOT),which suggests that tax systems should be designed to maximize social welfare.Finally,we suggests the importance of taking a comprehensive approach for the managers and policy-makers when analyzing the impact of taxes on SDGs.

Spillover effects of VAT Self-enforcement properties:Evidence based on the replacement of business tax with VAT reform

In accordance with the purchasing tax-deduction method and the receiptbased value added tax(VAT)system,the same transaction can be recorded by two firms,which creates self-enforcement properties,thereby restraining tax avoidance.Using the Replacement of Business Tax with VAT reform in China,this paper adopts a difference-in-differences design to investigate the spillover effects of VAT self-enforcement properties on corporate income tax avoidance by manually collating information about suppliers/clients of listed firms.As the listed firms’suppliers/clients switch from paying business tax to paying VAT,there is a striking decline in their corporate income tax avoidance behavior.This effect is pronounced in firms with closer upstream and downstream correlations,higher information complexity and stronger incentives for tax avoidance.

China's Tax Reforms in Facilitating Globalization and the Belt and Road Initiative

Since the proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI)in 2013,the economic and trade cooperation between China and related BRI economies has flourished over the past eight years.The Chinese government has given top priority to improving its doing-business environment to implement the national initiative of"bringing in"and"going abroad",which echoes the BRI economic activities.Being a core part of the doing-business environment,tax reforms and the building of a more growth-friendly tax environment serve as one of the key drivers to further attract foreign investment and encourage domestic enterprises to go abroad.This article starts with the background of China’s tax reforms,followed by an in-depth analysis of the corporate income tax and individual income tax reforms,and finally discusses the impacts of China’s tax reforms on cross-border investment and trade.

On the Road Towards a Competitive Tax System:Hungarian Perspective

Following the 2008 economic crisis,Hungary introduced a series of growth-oriented tax changes.These changes were rooted in the"taxation and growth"literature of the 2000s.Measures included large cuts in direct taxes on labour and profits,consumption tax increases and significant measures to combat the shadow economy.At the same time,the priority of international tax policy discussions shifted more towards equity concerns,which led to a new OECD initiative on a global minimum corporate income tax(GloBE).The compromise proposal leaves a limited space for tax policy measures aiming to neutralize distortions associated with corporate income tax and to promote capital accumulation and productivity,but some room will remain.

The Hainan Free Trade Port Tax System:Past,Present and Future

Since President Xi Jinping announced the Chinese central govern­ment’s decision to transform Hainan into a highly open free trade port(FTP),the region has experienced unprecedented growth and development.In order to sup­port this progress,a comprehensive policy framework has been introduced and suc­cessfully implemented,with tax policy playing a crucial role in its success.Under the principles of zero tariffs,low tax rates,simplified taxation processes,effective tax law enforcement,and phased implementation,Hainan FTP’s tax system has embarked on a new voyage,providing businesses with the strongest support ever introduced in China.The most fundamental changes pertain to income tax incentives for both in­dividuals and businesses,and additional supportive measures in VAT have also been implemented to facilitate a strong free-trade economy.Meanwhile,it is hopeful that structural changes in the Hainan FTP tax system will also be in place after 2025.

Transfer Pricing in BEPS Project and China's Response

A major concern on base erosion and profit shifting(BEPS)is transfer pricing,which is discussed in BEPS Action Items 8-10 and 13.Actions 8-10 contain revised guidance,which ensures that transfer pricing rules secure outcomes that better align operational profits with the economic activities that generate them,as well as guidance on transactions involving cross-border commodity transactions and on low value-adding intra-group services.Action 13 contains a three-tiered standardized approach to transfer pricing documentation,including a minimum standard on country-by-country reports(CbCRs).However,the approach of Actions 8-10 still focuses on the restoration of the dysfunctional rules built on the arm's length principle,which is rooted in the principle of separate independent entity.The threshold of Action 13 excludes many large multinational enterprises(MNEs)from the CbCR requirement and deprives developing countries access to the information of MNEs below the threshold.Chapter 6 of the Chinese Corporate Income Tax Law,under the title"Special Tax Adjustments,"provided the legal foundations of transfer pricing and transfer pricing documentation in China.To effectively implement the BEPS package in China and to comprehensively update the existing Circular 2,the State Taxation Administration(STA)released a Discussion Draft of a Circular on Implementation Measures for Special Tax Adjustments in September 2015,ranging from Action 3(controlled foreign company rules),Action 8-10(aligning transfer pricing outcomes with value creation)to Action 13(transfer pricing documentation and country-by-country reporting)in details.Right now,a series of patches,such as the STA Bulletins 45,42,64,and 6,have been made to replace a substantial part of Circular 2.

A Comparative Study on the Annual Reconciliation of IIT Between China and Some Other Jurisdictions

On 30 June 2021,China successfully completed its second annual reconciliation of individual income tax(IIT).The successful implementation of the annual IIT reconciliations in the past two years,with hundreds of millions of natural person taxpayers involved marks a significant milestone in China’s ongoing reform of the IIT system,especially regarding the tax collection and administration system for natural persons.Assessing the achievements of China’s annual IIT reconciliation requires a comprehensive analysis from various aspects,including concepts for IIT governance,system design and implementation effects.This report with the national reconciliation data as the sample uses descriptive statistics to analyze the effectiveness of China’s annual IIT reconciliation practice and the issues.The repo rt also compares the IIT filing data of six jurisdictions,including the United States and Canada,with those of China,to evaluate the effectiveness of China’s annual IIT reconciliation from an international perspective.Finally,the report offers several suggestions for further improving the IIT annual reconciliation system in China.