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Tax Revenue Response to the Business Cycle

By Cemile Sancak, Jing Xing, Ricardo Velloso

March 1, 2010

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Cemile Sancak, Jing Xing, and Ricardo Velloso. Tax Revenue Response to the Business Cycle, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2010) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

This paper examines tax revenue during the business cycle by estimating the relationship between tax revenue efficiency and the output gap. We find a positive and significant relationship between these variables; results are consistent for quarterly and annual data, and across advanced and developing economies. We also find that a worsening (improvement) in the VAT C-efficiency is driven by shifts in consumption patterns and changes in tax evasion during contractions (expansions). A key implication is that, particularly during major economic booms and downturns, policy makers should look beyond simple, long-run revenue elasticities and incorporate into their analysis the effects of the economic cycle on tax revenue efficiency.

Subject: Consumption, National accounts, Output gap, Production, Revenue administration, Revenue performance assessment, Tax efficiency, Taxes, Value-added tax

Keywords: Baltics, Business cycle, C-efficiency, Consumption, Estimation result, Output gap, Output gap coefficient, Output gap variable, Tax efficiency, Tax revenue, Tax revenue efficiency, Tax revenue forecasting, Value-added tax, VAT C-efficiency, VAT elasticity, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    22

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2010/071

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2010071

  • ISBN:

    9781451982145

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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