Is a tax amnesty a good fiscal policy? a review of state experience in the usa

IF 0.6 Q3 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Economics Bulletin Pub Date : 2013-03-17 DOI:10.2139/SSRN.2234663

H. Luitel, Gerry J. Mahar

引用次数: 10

Abstract

During and immediately after the recessions of 2001 and 2007-2009, tax amnesties in the American states rebounded in popularity. Is tax amnesty a good fiscal policy? To address this question, we review the experience of US state tax amnesty between 1982 and 2012 and identify the literature that support the argument that tax amnesties not only raise higher tax revenues for the state treasury in the short term, but also do not have negative effects on tax compliance in the long term. We then point out some of the statistical pitfalls in the literature and explain why they are important.

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税收特赦是一项好的财政政策吗?美国各州经验回顾

在2001年和2007-2009年的经济衰退期间及之后不久，美国各州的税收特赦又重新流行起来。税收特赦是一项好的财政政策吗?为了解决这个问题，我们回顾了1982年至2012年间美国州税收特赦的经验，并找出了支持税收特赦不仅在短期内为国库增加了更高的税收收入，而且在长期内对税收合规没有负面影响的文献。然后，我们指出了文献中的一些统计缺陷，并解释了为什么它们很重要。

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