Strategic Tax Collection and Fiscal Decentralisation: The Case of Russia

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In a centralized federation, where tax rates and taxation rules are set by the federal govern-ment, manipulating the thoroughness of tax auditing and the effectiveness of tax collection could be attractive for regional authorities because of a variety of reasons. These range from tax competition to principal-agent problems, state capture and benefits of fiscal equalisation. In this paper we discuss strategic tax auditing and collection from the perspective of fiscal federalism and test for strategic tax collection empirically using data of the Russian Federa-tion. Russia's regional authorities in the 1990s have always been suspect of tax auditing ma-nipulations in their favour. However, in the 2000s increasing bargaining power of the centre seems to induce tax collection bodies in the regions to manipulate tax auditing in favour of the federation. We find partial evidence in favour of both of these hypotheses.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: CREMA Working Paper ; No. 2007-09

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Tax Evasion and Avoidance ; Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession
• Thema: fiscal federalism ; tax arrears ; transition economies

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Libman, Alexander ; Feld, Lars P.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)
• (wo): Basel
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/214383
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ