Linking Business Tax Reform with Governance : How to Measure Success

This note highlights the significance of firms' willingness to pay taxes in the context of state-building both as an end in itself and also as an essential component of sustainable investment climate reform. State legitimacy, taxpayers' w...

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Main Authors: Everest-Phillips, Max, Sandall, Richard
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/02/10501385/linking-business-tax-reform-governance-measure-success
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spelling okr-10986-105722021-04-23T14:02:51Z Linking Business Tax Reform with Governance : How to Measure Success Everest-Phillips, Max Sandall, Richard ACCOUNTABILITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS TAX CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP COMPLIANCE COSTS CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUTION CORRUPTION DEMOCRACIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DOMESTIC TAXATION ENABLING ENVIRONMENT EXPENDITURES FORMAL ECONOMY FORMAL EMPLOYMENT GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNMENT CAPACITY GOVERNMENT REVENUES INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORM INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMS LABOR MARKET LEGITIMACY POLITICAL MOBILIZATION POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICIANS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS REFORM PROGRAMS REVENUE COLLECTION RULE OF LAW SMALL BUSINESS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STATE AUTHORITY STATE INSTITUTIONS STATE POWER SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX AUTHORITIES TAX AUTHORITY TAX BASE TAX BASES TAX BURDEN TAX COLLECTION TAX COLLECTORS TAX COMPLIANCE TAX EXEMPTIONS TAX OBLIGATIONS TAX POLICY TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REFORM TAX REFORMS TAX REGULATIONS TAX REVENUES TAX SIMPLIFICATION TAX STRUCTURES TAX SYSTEM TAX SYSTEMS TAXATION TAXPAYER TAXPAYERS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY This note highlights the significance of firms' willingness to pay taxes in the context of state-building both as an end in itself and also as an essential component of sustainable investment climate reform. State legitimacy, taxpayers' willingness to pay (based on their intrinsic 'tax morale' and the translation of taxes into public goods and services), and the effectiveness of tax administration are integral to any tax system. This note suggests diagnostic steps to measure key influences on taxpayers' willingness to pay, offering a baseline for judging progress on the sustainability of all tax reforms. 2012-08-13T12:07:34Z 2012-08-13T12:07:34Z 2009-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/02/10501385/linking-business-tax-reform-governance-measure-success http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10572 English Investment Climate in Practice; No. 2 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS
BUSINESS TAX
CITIZENS
CITIZENSHIP
COMPLIANCE COSTS
CONSTITUENCY
CONSTITUTION
CORRUPTION
DEMOCRACIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DOMESTIC TAXATION
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
EXPENDITURES
FORMAL ECONOMY
FORMAL EMPLOYMENT
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE ISSUES
GOVERNMENT CAPACITY
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORM
INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMS
LABOR MARKET
LEGITIMACY
POLITICAL MOBILIZATION
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL STABILITY
POLITICIANS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
REFORM PROGRAMS
REVENUE COLLECTION
RULE OF LAW
SMALL BUSINESS
SOCIAL NORMS
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
STATE AUTHORITY
STATE INSTITUTIONS
STATE POWER
SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT
TAX ADMINISTRATION
TAX AUTHORITIES
TAX AUTHORITY
TAX BASE
TAX BASES
TAX BURDEN
TAX COLLECTION
TAX COLLECTORS
TAX COMPLIANCE
TAX EXEMPTIONS
TAX OBLIGATIONS
TAX POLICY
TAX RATE
TAX RATES
TAX REFORM
TAX REFORMS
TAX REGULATIONS
TAX REVENUES
TAX SIMPLIFICATION
TAX STRUCTURES
TAX SYSTEM
TAX SYSTEMS
TAXATION
TAXPAYER
TAXPAYERS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS
BUSINESS TAX
CITIZENS
CITIZENSHIP
COMPLIANCE COSTS
CONSTITUENCY
CONSTITUTION
CORRUPTION
DEMOCRACIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DOMESTIC TAXATION
ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
EXPENDITURES
FORMAL ECONOMY
FORMAL EMPLOYMENT
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE ISSUES
GOVERNMENT CAPACITY
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL SECTOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORM
INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMS
LABOR MARKET
LEGITIMACY
POLITICAL MOBILIZATION
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL STABILITY
POLITICIANS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
REFORM PROGRAMS
REVENUE COLLECTION
RULE OF LAW
SMALL BUSINESS
SOCIAL NORMS
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
STATE AUTHORITY
STATE INSTITUTIONS
STATE POWER
SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT
TAX ADMINISTRATION
TAX AUTHORITIES
TAX AUTHORITY
TAX BASE
TAX BASES
TAX BURDEN
TAX COLLECTION
TAX COLLECTORS
TAX COMPLIANCE
TAX EXEMPTIONS
TAX OBLIGATIONS
TAX POLICY
TAX RATE
TAX RATES
TAX REFORM
TAX REFORMS
TAX REGULATIONS
TAX REVENUES
TAX SIMPLIFICATION
TAX STRUCTURES
TAX SYSTEM
TAX SYSTEMS
TAXATION
TAXPAYER
TAXPAYERS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
Everest-Phillips, Max
Sandall, Richard
Linking Business Tax Reform with Governance : How to Measure Success
relation Investment Climate in Practice; No. 2
description This note highlights the significance of firms' willingness to pay taxes in the context of state-building both as an end in itself and also as an essential component of sustainable investment climate reform. State legitimacy, taxpayers' willingness to pay (based on their intrinsic 'tax morale' and the translation of taxes into public goods and services), and the effectiveness of tax administration are integral to any tax system. This note suggests diagnostic steps to measure key influences on taxpayers' willingness to pay, offering a baseline for judging progress on the sustainability of all tax reforms.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Everest-Phillips, Max
Sandall, Richard
author_facet Everest-Phillips, Max
Sandall, Richard
author_sort Everest-Phillips, Max
title Linking Business Tax Reform with Governance : How to Measure Success
title_short Linking Business Tax Reform with Governance : How to Measure Success
title_full Linking Business Tax Reform with Governance : How to Measure Success
title_fullStr Linking Business Tax Reform with Governance : How to Measure Success
title_full_unstemmed Linking Business Tax Reform with Governance : How to Measure Success
title_sort linking business tax reform with governance : how to measure success
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/02/10501385/linking-business-tax-reform-governance-measure-success
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10572
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