Do Higher Tax Rates Encourage/Discourage Tax Compliance?

Freire-Serén, María Jesús and Panadés, Judith (2013) Do Higher Tax Rates Encourage/Discourage Tax Compliance? Modern Economy, 04 (12). pp. 809-817. ISSN 2152-7245

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Abstract

In this survey, we try to summarize what economists know about how increasing tax rate affects both tax evasion and the willingness to pay taxes. We show how this apparently trivial question presents puzzling results. This paper introduces the main contributions that have attempted to explain the apparent contradiction between the empirical evidence on the reaction of taxpayers to changes in tax rate levels and the results obtained by the standard models of tax evasion. In an effort to shed some light on this issue, the paper primarily concludes that there is more than enough room for further research on the relationship between tax evasion and tax rates given the many gaps in the literature concerning on this topic.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Science Repository > Multidisciplinary
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 12 Jul 2023 03:33
Last Modified: 16 Sep 2023 04:32
URI: http://research.manuscritpub.com/id/eprint/2584

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