Integrating the Collection of Social Insurance Contributions and Personal Income Taxes
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Summary:
This technical note addresses the following questions: • What are the main ways in which different countries assess and collect personal income tax (PIT) and social insurance contributions (SIC) liabilities (Section I)? • What is the case for transferring responsibility for a country’s SIC collection from its social insurance agency(ies) to its tax authority (Section II)? • What changes does such integration of collection functions involve (Section III)? • Are there any lessons from international experience to guide such reforms (Section IV)? • How to build on these lessons when planning a transfer of collection functions (Section V)? • Are there any beneficial alternatives to full integration of functions (Section VI)?
Series:
Technical Notes and Manuals No. 2021/008
Subject:
Compliance costs Expenditure Income National accounts Personal income tax Revenue administration Social assistance spending Tax allowances Taxes
Frequency:
occasional
English
Publication Date:
August 10, 2021
ISBN/ISSN:
9781513582757/2075-8669
Stock No:
TNMEA2021008
Pages:
24
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