Arbeitspapier

Excise Taxation for Domestic Resource Mobilization

Most governments will have to raise additional resources to deal with the aftermath of the corona crisis. This paper argues that excise duties on drinking, smoking, gambling, sugar-sweetened beverages, plastics, fossil fuels, motoring, telecoms and platforms are the preferred instruments. In nearly all cases, excise duties improve the efficient allocation of resources, while reliance on them is consistent with an equitable tax system. Also, excise duties can be administered more easily than income and value added taxes. Current excise duties are way below efficient levels. It should be possible to triple their yield, especially in developing countries.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 8442

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
Thema
excise duties
resource mobilization
smoking
drinking
gambling
sugar-sweetened beverages
plastics
fossil fuels
motoring
telecoms
platforms
luxury consumption

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cnossen, Sijbren
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2020

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cnossen, Sijbren
  • Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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