The Guatemalan Tax Reform - Softcover

Bahl, Roy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813336546 ISBN 13: 9780813336541

Publisher: Perseus, 1998

Synopsis

The Guatemalan Tax Reform "Responding to a deepening economic crisis, serious structural problems with the tax system, a long and deep-seated opposition to even modest tax increases, and a weak tax administration, the Guatemala"

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Synopsis:

Responding to a deepening economic crisis, serious structural problems with the tax system, a long and deep-seated opposition to even modest tax increases, and a weak tax administration, the Guatemalan government introduced a comprehensive tax reform program in 1992. In this concise volume, experts present analysis that supported the reform program and evaluate the first round of revenue and tax-burden effects. }Responding to a deepening economic crisis, serious structural problems with the tax system, a long and deep-seated opposition to even modest tax increases, and a weak tax administration, the Guatemalan government introduced a comprehensive tax reform program in 1992. In this concise volume, Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Sally Wallace review the data that supported the creation of the reform program and evaluate the first round of revenues and tax-burden effects.Focusing their theoretical and empirical analysis on revenue yield impacts, on effects of relative prices and relative tax treatment of different types of companies, and on the distribution of tax burdens by income class, the authors factor in individual and company income taxes, value-added tax, taxes on int

About the Author:

Roy Bahl is professor of economics at Georgia State University, where he is also director of the Policy Research centre. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez is professor of economics and associate director of the Policy Research centre at Georgia State University, where Sally Wallace is assistant professor of economics. She is also senior associate at the Policy Research centre. Roy Bahl is professor of economics at Georgia State University, where he is also director of the Policy Research centre. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez is professor of economics and associate director of the Policy Research centre at Georgia State University, where Sally Wallace is assistant professor of economics. She is also senior associate at the Policy Research centre. Roy Bahl is professor of economics at Georgia State University, where he is also director of the Policy Research centre. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez is professor of economics and associate director of the Policy Research centre at Georgia State University, where Sally Wallace is assistant professor of economics. She is also senior associate at the Policy Research centre.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perseus
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0813336546
• ISBN 13: 9780813336541
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176