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Fiscal Federalism And Tax Reform In Brazil
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Book Synopsis Fiscal Federalism and Tax Reform in Brazil by : Eduardo Meira Zauli
Download or read book Fiscal Federalism and Tax Reform in Brazil written by Eduardo Meira Zauli and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As in other federalist political systems, tax income distribution among the federal units is a long standing political issue in Brazil. From the nineties onwards, the political debate centered on tax reform has occupied the forefront of the national political agenda. This paper summarizes the current debate, focusing on the role of the federalist institutions as a main variable defining its contents and the amount of political power of the contending actors. The analysis begins with information on the historical background and organizational features of Brazilian federalism. In this description, the role of veto players in the federalist system is stressed. Their influence is shown to be able to preclude tax reforms required to adapt the Brazilian economy to the new global environment of investment and trade relations. Tax reform is deemed necessary by political leaders, by the business community and by the three levels of government in the country, but the necessary consensus in order to settle its terms is precluded as a result of the regional interests, enhanced by the federalist model of organizing national politics.
Book Synopsis The New Fiscal Federalism in Brazil by : Anwar Shah
Download or read book The New Fiscal Federalism in Brazil written by Anwar Shah and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper provides an overview of the existing state of fiscal federalism in Brazil and suggests directions for change.
Download or read book Brazil written by Parthasarathi Shome and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Aaron Schneider Publisher :Institute of Development Studies University of Sussex ISBN 13 : Total Pages :48 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Governance Reform and Institutional Change in Brazil by : Aaron Schneider
Download or read book Governance Reform and Institutional Change in Brazil written by Aaron Schneider and published by Institute of Development Studies University of Sussex. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrasts two processes of fiscal and tax reform, illustrating that the degree of institutional change depends of the positions and powers of the actors involved and the articulation of a new social pact. Comments on the background and innovations of the 2000 Fiscal Responsibility Law (Lei de Responsibilidade Fiscal).
Book Synopsis Tax Aspects of Fiscal Federalism by : Gianluigi Bizioli
Download or read book Tax Aspects of Fiscal Federalism written by Gianluigi Bizioli and published by IBFD. This book was released on 2011 with total page 797 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the extreme complexity and the evolution of taxing authority towards a progressive increase in the local governments’ taxing powers. - IBFD website
Book Synopsis Brazil: Tax Expenditure Rationalization Within Broader Tax Reform by : Maria Delgado Coelho
Download or read book Brazil: Tax Expenditure Rationalization Within Broader Tax Reform written by Maria Delgado Coelho and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-09-24 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The excessive complexity and burden of the Brazilian tax system, riddled by cumulative indirect taxes and heavy payroll contributions, have led to an accumulation of fiscal incentives aimed at reducing its burden on taxpayers and productive activities. Federal and subnational tax expenditures currently stand at over 5 percent of GDP. Rationalizing them can only be comprehensively feasible in the context of a broader sequenced tax reform, and could reduce resource misallocation and income inequality, as well as provide new revenues.
Book Synopsis The Reform of Fiscal Systems in Developing and Emerging Market Economies by : Robin Boadway
Download or read book The Reform of Fiscal Systems in Developing and Emerging Market Economies written by Robin Boadway and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A framework for allocating taxing and spending responsibilities to various levels of government and for designing fiscal transfers to foster decentralized decisionmaking while preserving or even enhancing equity and efficiency goals.
Author :Mrs.Teresa Ter-Minassian Publisher :International Monetary Fund ISBN 13 :9781557756633 Total Pages :1146 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (566 download)
Book Synopsis Fiscal Federalism in Theory and Practice by : Mrs.Teresa Ter-Minassian
Download or read book Fiscal Federalism in Theory and Practice written by Mrs.Teresa Ter-Minassian and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1997-09-10 with total page 1146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past few decades, a clear trend has emerged worldwide toward the devolution of spending and, to a lesser extent, revenue-raising responsibilities to state and local levels of government. One view is that the decentralization of spending responsibilities can entail substantial gains in terms of distributed equity and macroeconomic management. The papers in this volume, edited by Teresa Ter-Minassian, examine the validity of these views in light of theoretical considerations, as well as the experience of a number of countries.
Book Synopsis Federalism and Economic Reform by : Jessica Wallack
Download or read book Federalism and Economic Reform written by Jessica Wallack and published by . This book was released on 2006-02-24 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains case studies of economic reform in eight developing and industrial federal countries--Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Mexico, and Nigeria. It focuses on the way in which the division of authority between levels of government affects the policymaking process, as well as how changes such as globalization and market-oriented reform affect the way federal governments are organized.
Book Synopsis The Political Economy of Fiscal Reform in Brazil by : Marcus Melo
Download or read book The Political Economy of Fiscal Reform in Brazil written by Marcus Melo and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project examines fiscal reforms in Brazil since the 1990s, particularly in taxation, budgeting, and fiscal federalism. While recentralizing fiscal authority and massively expanding the extractive capacity of the state, policymakers chose not to revamp an inefficient tax system that has nonetheless proven capable of generating high levels of revenue. In budgeting, the economic crises of the mid-1990s prompted the government to rein in subnational fiscal imbalances but discouraged policymakers from introducing major changes in the tax system. As the executive derives utility from fiscal stability and inflation control because of electoral incentives and credibility gains in international markets, reform initiatives can generate political benefits for incumbent politicians. The paper finally argues that the Achilles' heel of the sustainability of the Fiscal Responsibility Law is its enforcement technology: the Tribunais de Contas.
Book Synopsis Fiscal Management in Federal Democracies by : William R. Dillinger
Download or read book Fiscal Management in Federal Democracies written by William R. Dillinger and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: May 1999 - Argentina and Brazil-two of the most decentralized public sectors in Latin America and (along with Colombia and India) among the most decentralized democracies in the developing world-faced similar problems in the 1980s: excessive public deficits and high inflation exacerbated by subnational deficits. In the 1990s, Argentina was more successful at macroeconomic stabilization, partly because it imposed harder budget constraints on the public sector nationally and partly because it had stronger party control of both national legislators and subnational governments. In shifting to decentralized public finances, a country's central government faces certain fiscal management problems. First, during and soon after the transition, unless it reduces spending or increases its own tax resources, the central government tends to have higher deficits as it shifts fiscal resources to subnational governments through transfers, revenue sharing, or delegation of tax bases. Reducing spending is hard not only because cuts are always hard but because subnational governments might not take on expected tasks, leaving the central government with a legal or political obligation to continue spending for certain services. Second, after decentralization, the local or state government faces popular pressure to spend more and tax less, creating the tendency to run deficits. This tendency can be a problem if subnational governments and their creditors expect or rely on bailouts by the central government. Econometric evidence from 32 large industrial and developing countries indicates that higher subnational spending and deficits lead to greater national deficits. Dillinger and Webb investigate how, and how successfully, Argentina and Brazil dealt with these problems in the 1990s. In both countries, subnational governments account for about half of public spending and are vigorous democracies in most (especially the largest) jurisdictions. The return to democracy in the 1980s revived and strengthened long-standing federal practices while weakening macroeconomic performance, resulting in unsustainable fiscal deficits, high inflation, sometimes hyperinflation, and low or negative growth. Occasional stabilization plans failed within a few years. Then Argentina (in 1991) and Brazil (in 1994) introduced successful stabilization plans. National issues were important in preventing and then bringing about macroeconomic stabilization, but so were intergovernmental fiscal relations and the fiscal management of subnational governments. State deficits and federal transfers were often out of control in the 1980s, contributing to national macroeconomic problems. Stabilization programs in the 1990s needed to establish control, and self-control, over subnational spending and borrowing. This paper-a product of Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, Latin America and the Caribbean Region-is part of the LCR regional studies program on fiscal decentralization in Latin America. The authors may be contacted at [email protected] or [email protected].
Book Synopsis Tax Systems under Fiscal Adjustment: A Dynamic CGE Analysis of the Brazilian Tax Reform by : Victor Duarte Lledo
Download or read book Tax Systems under Fiscal Adjustment: A Dynamic CGE Analysis of the Brazilian Tax Reform written by Victor Duarte Lledo and published by INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper uses a dynamic computable general equilibrium model (CGE) to analyze the macroeconomic and redistributive effects of replacing turnover and financial transaction taxes in Brazil by a consumption tax. In order to approximate Brazil's compliance with its fiscal adjustment targets, the proposed reform is subject to a non increasing path for the level of public debt. Despite an increase in the average consumption tax rate in the first years after the reform, a majority of individuals experienced an increase in their lifetime welfare. This result rejects the hypothesis that the on-going fiscal adjustment effort carried on by the Brazilian government was an obstacle to the implementation of a more efficient tax system.
Book Synopsis Fiscal Federalism in Brazil by : José Serra
Download or read book Fiscal Federalism in Brazil written by José Serra and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the states and municipalities that comprise the Brazilian Federation have considerable autonomy in raising their own tax income and spending public funds, this is not the outcome of a planned decentralization process. The improvement in fiscal indicators at the subnational-government level since the promulgation of the Fiscal Responsibility Act has made a major contribution to the success of the country's macroeconomic stabilization policy. Nonetheless, the Federation is seen as a major stumbling block for reform of the tax system. As a contribution to the debate on federative balance in the division of fiscal responsibilities, this paper makes a diagnostic study of the federative framework and recent institutional changes, and proposes a new federative agenda.
Book Synopsis New Economic and Fiscal Federalism by : José Serra
Download or read book New Economic and Fiscal Federalism written by José Serra and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tax, Law and Development by : Yariv Brauner
Download or read book Tax, Law and Development written by Yariv Brauner and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Anyone working on tax policy for middle and low income countries will consider this book a must-read. Economic globalization of capital markets and multinational corporations has overtaken the abilities of many countries to tax incomes of multinationals and individual residents. From extraction industries to fiscal federalism, the papers demonstrate the importance of sound legal frameworks and formal cooperation across multiple countries and levels of government for implementing sound tax policy in developing nations.' – Michael J. Wasylenko, Syracuse University, US Comprising original essays written by top legal scholars, this innovative volume is the most comprehensive collection to date of independent academic work exploring the relationship between tax, law and development. Contributors cover a range of tax issues, drawing on economic, political, social, and institutional perspectives to offer a comprehensive view of how tax laws affect and are affected by human economic development. Hailing from across the globe, contributors offer expert insight into tax issues in China, Brazil, South Africa, India, and other developing countries. Following a thorough examination of current policy approaches to tax problems in developing nations, the writers conclude that new solutions are needed, and outline a number of groundbreaking ideas and proposals designed to mitigate many of the problems associated with tax law and economic development. Professors, students, and researchers with an interest in tax, law, development, and globalization will find much to admire in this critical and groundbreaking addition to the literature.
Book Synopsis Essays on fiscal federalism in brazil by :
Download or read book Essays on fiscal federalism in brazil written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Os três ensaios que compõem esta tese, têm como objetivo analisar o funcionamento do federalismo fiscal no Brasil. O primeiro analisa as tendências de longo prazo no graude centralização e no crescimento do governo e sua relação durante o século XX. O achado mais importante deste ensaio é que os processos de descentralização fiscal promovidos pelas Constituições de 1946 e de 1988 aceleraram o crescimento do governo. Esses processos de descentralização provocaram crises no nível federal, que levaram o governo central a aumentar sua receita tributária para compensar a perda de receitas derivada da descentralização de recursos fiscais. Do outro lado, essa descentralização provocou o crescimento da despesa dos estados e municípios, que não foi compensado pela redução da despesa do governo federal. O segundo ensaio analisa a utilização de transferências intergovernamentais como mecanismo de financiamento dos níveis inferiores de governo. Esse ensaio desenvolveum modelo analítico para explicar o efeito expansivo das transferências sobre a despesa das unidades receptoras, conhecido como flypaper effect, e as diferenças regionais na sua intensidade. Usando um modelo de parámetros variando no espaço, o estudo demonstra empíricamente a presença do flypaper effect nas finanças dos municípios brasileros esuas diferenças regionais. Finalmente, o terceiro estuda os determinantes político institucionais do comportamento fiscal dos estados durante o período 1985-1997. O ensaio mostra a existência de ciclos políticos eleitorais, a influência expansionista da fragmentação do sistema partidário sobre a postura fiscal dos estados, a disciplina fiscal imposta pela da participação política da população e o fato de que que administrações estaduais de esquerda tendem a adotar posturas fiscais mais expansionistas do que as adotadas por administrações estaduais de centro ou de direita.
Book Synopsis The Reform of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Developing and Emerging Market Economies by : Anwar Shah
Download or read book The Reform of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Developing and Emerging Market Economies written by Anwar Shah and published by Washington, D.C. : World Bank. This book was released on 1994 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important dimension of public sector reform in developing and emerging market economies has been the loosening of central control over the private sector and lower level governments. The author's overview of the principles and best practices of fiscal federalism should help guide policy debates on restructuring intergovernmental fiscal arrangements. Strong emphasis on central planning impedes innovative responses to local issues by local governments and stymies private sector development. Decentralization should be the rule, the author argues, unless a strong case can be made for centralizing specific responsibilities. Local public services can be provided more efficiently if expenditures more closely match local needs and preferences. More closely linking benefits to costs also promotes accountability. Increased fiscal autonomy can also help mobilize more revenue from local sources, improving a country's fiscal position. And decentralized desicion-making encourages local participation in development. Constitutional responsibilities should be stated clearly and precisely. Tax and spending assignments should be determined simultaneously, so revenue means are matched as closely as possible to spending needs at each level of government. In most developing countries, subnational governments have limited access to their own tax bases and depend on higher level transfers. A grant's design should reflect the situation and objectives. The author gives examples. Although most countries give a high priority to limiting interregional fiscal disparities, no developing or transitional economy has adopted an explicit standard for equalization. Revenue sharing should be supplemented by an equilization program with a specified standard rather than by combining several factors into one formula. Local borrowing to meet capital expenditures is a major issue in most developing countries. In such cases, autonomous bodies can supervise and assist local borrowing for capital projects. The decentralization of responsibilities and the rationalization of intergovernmental transfers should be supported by strengthening local institutional capabilities. Monitoring, auditing, and inspections functions in most developing nations especially need to be strengthened. Transitional economies also need to give high priority to establishing or improving framework laws on property rights, corporate legal ownership and control, and bankruptcy, and financial accounting and control.
