Reforming Tax Systems : Lessons from the 1990s

World Bank-supported efforts to reform public institutions--including tax and customs administration--increasingly rely on institutional analysis. But there are no formal, generally accepted guidelines for analyzing tax systems. As a result the Ban...

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Main Author: De Wulf, Luc
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/04/1047354/reforming-tax-systems-lessons-1990s
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spelling okr-10986-114352021-06-14T11:02:29Z Reforming Tax Systems : Lessons from the 1990s De Wulf, Luc ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT LENDING ADMINISTRATIVE AUTONOMY ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETS ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ANTICORRUPTION AUDITS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SOCIETY CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CORRUPTION DIVISION OF POWERS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL GOOD GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS LEGAL PROVISIONS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY NATIONS PENALTIES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLITICAL INTERFERENCE PRESIDENCY PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PROVISIONS PUBLIC LOANS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM REVENUE ADMINISTRATION REVENUE AUTHORITIES RISK OF CORRUPTION SERVICE DELIVERY TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX ADMINISTRATIONS TAX BASE TAX COLLECTION TAX POLICY TAX REFORM TAX SYSTEM TAX SYSTEMS TAXATION TAXPAYER COMPLIANCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY TAX SYSTEMS TAX REFORMS TAX ADMINISTRATION INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION PROJECT DESIGN SERVICE DELIVERY QUALITY OF SERVICE CUSTOMER SERVICE TRADE FACILITATION INCENTIVES CORRUPTION IN POLITICS CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTS TAX COLLECTION INSPECTIONS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS World Bank-supported efforts to reform public institutions--including tax and customs administration--increasingly rely on institutional analysis. But there are no formal, generally accepted guidelines for analyzing tax systems. As a result the Bank's task managers and team leaders conduct these analyses in very different ways. The paper on which this Note is based reviewed 83 Bank-financed tax and customs reform operations in the 1990s to assess whether current approaches fall within the bounds of institutional analysis and add up to a consistent methodology. The review compiled Bank projects that supported tax administration reform, compared their diagnostic work to an emerging diagnostic model, and assessed their focus and their results. 2012-08-13T15:03:48Z 2012-08-13T15:03:48Z 2000-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/04/1047354/reforming-tax-systems-lessons-1990s http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11435 English PREM Notes; No. 37 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
ACCOUNTING
ADJUSTMENT LENDING
ADMINISTRATIVE AUTONOMY
ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETS
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY
ANTICORRUPTION
AUDITS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SOCIETY
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
CORRUPTION
DIVISION OF POWERS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FISCAL
GOOD GOVERNANCE
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
LEGAL PROVISIONS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
NATIONS
PENALTIES
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
POLITICAL INTERFERENCE
PRESIDENCY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PROVISIONS
PUBLIC LOANS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
REVENUE ADMINISTRATION
REVENUE AUTHORITIES
RISK OF CORRUPTION
SERVICE DELIVERY
TAX
TAX ADMINISTRATION
TAX ADMINISTRATIONS
TAX BASE
TAX COLLECTION
TAX POLICY
TAX REFORM
TAX SYSTEM
TAX SYSTEMS
TAXATION
TAXPAYER COMPLIANCE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPARENCY TAX SYSTEMS
TAX REFORMS
TAX ADMINISTRATION
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION
PROJECT DESIGN
SERVICE DELIVERY
QUALITY OF SERVICE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
TRADE FACILITATION
INCENTIVES
CORRUPTION IN POLITICS
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTS
TAX COLLECTION
INSPECTIONS
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ADJUSTMENT LENDING
ADMINISTRATIVE AUTONOMY
ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETS
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY
ANTICORRUPTION
AUDITS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CIVIL SERVICE
CIVIL SOCIETY
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
CORRUPTION
DIVISION OF POWERS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FISCAL
GOOD GOVERNANCE
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
LEGAL PROVISIONS
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
NATIONS
PENALTIES
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
POLITICAL INTERFERENCE
PRESIDENCY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PROVISIONS
PUBLIC LOANS
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM
REVENUE ADMINISTRATION
REVENUE AUTHORITIES
RISK OF CORRUPTION
SERVICE DELIVERY
TAX
TAX ADMINISTRATION
TAX ADMINISTRATIONS
TAX BASE
TAX COLLECTION
TAX POLICY
TAX REFORM
TAX SYSTEM
TAX SYSTEMS
TAXATION
TAXPAYER COMPLIANCE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSPARENCY TAX SYSTEMS
TAX REFORMS
TAX ADMINISTRATION
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION
PROJECT DESIGN
SERVICE DELIVERY
QUALITY OF SERVICE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
TRADE FACILITATION
INCENTIVES
CORRUPTION IN POLITICS
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTS
TAX COLLECTION
INSPECTIONS
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
De Wulf, Luc
Reforming Tax Systems : Lessons from the 1990s
relation PREM Notes; No. 37
description World Bank-supported efforts to reform public institutions--including tax and customs administration--increasingly rely on institutional analysis. But there are no formal, generally accepted guidelines for analyzing tax systems. As a result the Bank's task managers and team leaders conduct these analyses in very different ways. The paper on which this Note is based reviewed 83 Bank-financed tax and customs reform operations in the 1990s to assess whether current approaches fall within the bounds of institutional analysis and add up to a consistent methodology. The review compiled Bank projects that supported tax administration reform, compared their diagnostic work to an emerging diagnostic model, and assessed their focus and their results.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author De Wulf, Luc
author_facet De Wulf, Luc
author_sort De Wulf, Luc
title Reforming Tax Systems : Lessons from the 1990s
title_short Reforming Tax Systems : Lessons from the 1990s
title_full Reforming Tax Systems : Lessons from the 1990s
title_fullStr Reforming Tax Systems : Lessons from the 1990s
title_full_unstemmed Reforming Tax Systems : Lessons from the 1990s
title_sort reforming tax systems : lessons from the 1990s
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/04/1047354/reforming-tax-systems-lessons-1990s
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11435
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