This study examines the feasibility of external tax audit implementation in Malaysia. External tax audit has been purported to enhance tax administration efficiency, deter tax evasion and noncompliance as well as impr...This study examines the feasibility of external tax audit implementation in Malaysia. External tax audit has been purported to enhance tax administration efficiency, deter tax evasion and noncompliance as well as improve tax collection for a nation. Therefore, this study solicits perceptions from various stakeholders on the new service while retaining the principle of justice that lies in the tax system. External tax audit refers to the process of business income tax returns being attested by other than the tax authority. External tax audit has been implemented successfully to increase tax compliance in some areas such as Taiwan, Bangladesh and United States of America. Therefore, this study examines the benefits and risks influencing the implementation of external tax audit in Malaysia from the viewpoints of corporate taxpayers and tax agents. Data is obtained through questionnaire from the selected respondents. Findings from multiple regression analysis reveal that tax agents and taxpayers agree with the implementation of this new service. For tax agents, the external tax audit has benefits and risks, while taxpayers believe that only benefits influence their agreement to the external tax audit. This study contributes to the tax literature by providing knowledge on the feasibility of external tax audit implementation in Malaysia.展开更多
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the tax treatment of dividends established in the Portuguese corporate income tax code. The tax code aims at eliminating double taxation, if certain conditions are met. However,...The purpose of this paper is to analyze the tax treatment of dividends established in the Portuguese corporate income tax code. The tax code aims at eliminating double taxation, if certain conditions are met. However, if dividends received were not previously subject to effective taxation, the elimination of double taxation no longer applies. The meaning of effective taxation is not defmed nor quantified in the code. But it is of great importance to firms＇ tax planning. In this context, it is a quite important concept, and the paper will discuss it. The methodological approach is based on using a hypothetical situation where a group of finns＇ faces different dividend flows, from diverse origins, and how taxes affect the overall tax burden of the group. The paper highlights the negative implications of a legal void in a very important tax topic regarding dividend policy in holding companies. It shows a tax induced level of uncertainty in designing dividend policy, and how it hinders financial management of groups of firms. The main conclusion is that the lack of a legal or quantitative definition of what constitutes effective taxation is an important factor of tax complexity in planning intercompany dividend policy, and the concept should be revised in legal terms.展开更多
In China, the income tax of enterprise is very different between foreign funded enterprises and other domestic enterprises. It is believed that this discrimination is harmful to the entire economy. So there is a refor...In China, the income tax of enterprise is very different between foreign funded enterprises and other domestic enterprises. It is believed that this discrimination is harmful to the entire economy. So there is a reform in the tax system to build a uniform enterprise income tax. This is a significant reform in China＇s tax system, so every decision about this have to count the cost and the benefit carefully. The author has introduced the Computable General Equilibrium （CGE） to simulate this new tax system and value its benefit and cost. There are two different models in the paper; they are of different assumptions and for different purposes. Model I is a static CGE model and model II is a Ramsey Dynamic model. The static model is mainly used for comparative static approach to examine how the tax reform will change the endogenous variables. According to the results of the model, more goods will be produced by both of the DFEs and FIEs after the tax reform in the medium and low tax effective tax rate situations. If the nominal tax rates decrease 24.24% （from 33% to 25%）, the enterprise income tax will only reduce 19.36% and the total tax revenue will only reduce 1.911%. The dynamic model will concentrate on the costs and benefits during the transition. From the results of the model, a lower tax rate will increase the level of investment, capital stock, capital prices, wage rate and also the growth rates through transition. If the capital tax rates are changed gradually, the fluctuating of transition will be smoothed a little.展开更多
Capital structure denotes enterprises＇ form and proportion relation of various long-term funds source. The capital structure is the combination problem of the long-term funds about enterprise development and it is th...Capital structure denotes enterprises＇ form and proportion relation of various long-term funds source. The capital structure is the combination problem of the long-term funds about enterprise development and it is the quantity and proportion between every fund form. This paper analyzes the various factors which affect capital structural decision-making, and introduces capital structural optimization theory of the shelter benefit of tax revenue and bankruptcy cost balance. It studies the method and the evaluation criterion of capital structural optimization. And it constructs capital structural optimization model of coexistence condition of company＇s income tax and individual income tax. This will be very helpful for the rationality of enterprise capital structure.展开更多
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the application of the principle of proportionality based on a case relating to a Portuguese economic group operating in the transportation sector. The group applied for being t...The purpose of this paper is to discuss the application of the principle of proportionality based on a case relating to a Portuguese economic group operating in the transportation sector. The group applied for being taxed under the regime of the group relief, as established in the Portuguese Corporate Income Tax Code （CITC）, and the tax authorities approved the request in 2002. The group＇s accounts for 2003 were audited by tax inspectors in 2007. In 2008, the accounts from 2004 to 2006 were also under a tax auditing. Following such audits and basing on, in the author＇s view, some minor faults, the tax administration disallowed the use of group relief for four consecutive years （from 2003 to 2006）. The financial implication was that 12 million Euros in additional taxes were charged to the group. Such an increase in the income tax would wipe out profits for two consecutive years, thus, pushing the effective tax rate to 100%. Such an economic result fell outside what seemed to be a balanced application of the law, by disregarding financial consequences from minor tax faults, some of which were voluntarily corrected by the group展开更多
文摘This study examines the feasibility of external tax audit implementation in Malaysia. External tax audit has been purported to enhance tax administration efficiency, deter tax evasion and noncompliance as well as improve tax collection for a nation. Therefore, this study solicits perceptions from various stakeholders on the new service while retaining the principle of justice that lies in the tax system. External tax audit refers to the process of business income tax returns being attested by other than the tax authority. External tax audit has been implemented successfully to increase tax compliance in some areas such as Taiwan, Bangladesh and United States of America. Therefore, this study examines the benefits and risks influencing the implementation of external tax audit in Malaysia from the viewpoints of corporate taxpayers and tax agents. Data is obtained through questionnaire from the selected respondents. Findings from multiple regression analysis reveal that tax agents and taxpayers agree with the implementation of this new service. For tax agents, the external tax audit has benefits and risks, while taxpayers believe that only benefits influence their agreement to the external tax audit. This study contributes to the tax literature by providing knowledge on the feasibility of external tax audit implementation in Malaysia.
文摘The purpose of this paper is to analyze the tax treatment of dividends established in the Portuguese corporate income tax code. The tax code aims at eliminating double taxation, if certain conditions are met. However, if dividends received were not previously subject to effective taxation, the elimination of double taxation no longer applies. The meaning of effective taxation is not defmed nor quantified in the code. But it is of great importance to firms＇ tax planning. In this context, it is a quite important concept, and the paper will discuss it. The methodological approach is based on using a hypothetical situation where a group of finns＇ faces different dividend flows, from diverse origins, and how taxes affect the overall tax burden of the group. The paper highlights the negative implications of a legal void in a very important tax topic regarding dividend policy in holding companies. It shows a tax induced level of uncertainty in designing dividend policy, and how it hinders financial management of groups of firms. The main conclusion is that the lack of a legal or quantitative definition of what constitutes effective taxation is an important factor of tax complexity in planning intercompany dividend policy, and the concept should be revised in legal terms.
文摘In China, the income tax of enterprise is very different between foreign funded enterprises and other domestic enterprises. It is believed that this discrimination is harmful to the entire economy. So there is a reform in the tax system to build a uniform enterprise income tax. This is a significant reform in China＇s tax system, so every decision about this have to count the cost and the benefit carefully. The author has introduced the Computable General Equilibrium （CGE） to simulate this new tax system and value its benefit and cost. There are two different models in the paper; they are of different assumptions and for different purposes. Model I is a static CGE model and model II is a Ramsey Dynamic model. The static model is mainly used for comparative static approach to examine how the tax reform will change the endogenous variables. According to the results of the model, more goods will be produced by both of the DFEs and FIEs after the tax reform in the medium and low tax effective tax rate situations. If the nominal tax rates decrease 24.24% （from 33% to 25%）, the enterprise income tax will only reduce 19.36% and the total tax revenue will only reduce 1.911%. The dynamic model will concentrate on the costs and benefits during the transition. From the results of the model, a lower tax rate will increase the level of investment, capital stock, capital prices, wage rate and also the growth rates through transition. If the capital tax rates are changed gradually, the fluctuating of transition will be smoothed a little.
文摘Capital structure denotes enterprises＇ form and proportion relation of various long-term funds source. The capital structure is the combination problem of the long-term funds about enterprise development and it is the quantity and proportion between every fund form. This paper analyzes the various factors which affect capital structural decision-making, and introduces capital structural optimization theory of the shelter benefit of tax revenue and bankruptcy cost balance. It studies the method and the evaluation criterion of capital structural optimization. And it constructs capital structural optimization model of coexistence condition of company＇s income tax and individual income tax. This will be very helpful for the rationality of enterprise capital structure.
文摘The purpose of this paper is to discuss the application of the principle of proportionality based on a case relating to a Portuguese economic group operating in the transportation sector. The group applied for being taxed under the regime of the group relief, as established in the Portuguese Corporate Income Tax Code （CITC）, and the tax authorities approved the request in 2002. The group＇s accounts for 2003 were audited by tax inspectors in 2007. In 2008, the accounts from 2004 to 2006 were also under a tax auditing. Following such audits and basing on, in the author＇s view, some minor faults, the tax administration disallowed the use of group relief for four consecutive years （from 2003 to 2006）. The financial implication was that 12 million Euros in additional taxes were charged to the group. Such an increase in the income tax would wipe out profits for two consecutive years, thus, pushing the effective tax rate to 100%. Such an economic result fell outside what seemed to be a balanced application of the law, by disregarding financial consequences from minor tax faults, some of which were voluntarily corrected by the group
