It has lower taxes.

Capital tax differences among countries would induce capital to flow from the high tax to the low tax economies.

In many developing countries, total tax revenue is derived from three main sources domestic taxes on goods and services (sales and excise taxes), direct taxes (primarily on corporations), and, most important, taxes on foreign trade (import duties). But, as trade liberalization has lowered tariffs and duties, the share of trade taxes has declined, while other sources have not compensated for falling trade revenue.

30. The Government has reformed the tax structure, reducing overall rates while widening coverage through improved efficiency in collection.

Excise taxes may be levied when goods leave a factory or arrive at a port, simplifying measurement, collection, and monitoring, while ensuring coverage and limiting evasion. But, despite their robust base and low administrative costs, excise taxes currently amount to less than 2 of low income countries GDP, compared to roughly 3 in high income countries.

For these reasons, Obama is championing a revenue neutral reform that would leave corporate tax revenues unchanged, with the proposed rate cut financed by limiting deductions, credits, and loopholes, which would broaden the tax base.

Although non tax revenue may contribute significantly to some countries total GDP, the average tax GDP ratios in low income and lower middle income countries are roughly 15 and 19 , respectively significantly lower than the OECD average of more than 35 . To finance development projects, poor and lower middle income countries must devise and implement tax strategies to increase domestic revenue.

Consequently, they were obliged to impose high taxes as a source of revenue on a low income population.

(ii) Minimum taxation target rates, with an effective multilateral consultative process for reviewing taxation rates and possible exemptions, and monitoring the effects of taxes in reducing emissions

By contrast, in high income countries, income taxes (primarily on individuals) comprise the largest proportion of tax revenue (roughly 36 ), while domestic taxes on goods and services and social security contributions each account for slightly more than one quarter. Moreover, the share of trade taxes is typically low.

The Millennium Project report highlighted the problems of sub Saharan Africa and the poverty trap that is, low tax returns, low saving rates and the like.

33. A further concern is the decline in tax revenues forecast for 1999, owing to the repeal of the Act on a Single Property Tax, tariff reductions, the ending of the commercial and agricultural enterprise tax, which is expected to occur in mid 1999, and the planned cut in income tax rates.

Moreover, since the tight restrictions on some imports were accompanied by low or zero tariffs on others, the average tariff rate and overall coverage were quite low.

Similarly, a modest carbon tax or value added tax, with credits or subsidies to offset the regressive effects on low income households, could generate enough revenue both to pay for a significant reduction in the corporate tax rate and to make a meaningful contribution to deficit reduction.

The first conclusion of the report was that global environmental taxes and the Tobin tax on currency transactions could yield substantial revenues at a very low tax rate.

(a) Substantial reductions of tariffs, the rolling back of tariff peaks and the removal of tariff escalation

Half of tax revenue is collected with a value added tax, which is essentially a tax on consumption. Although there is a tax on corporate income, it is integrated with personal taxes in a way that reduces its adverse effect on investment and production.

This entails abandoning the prevailing dogma that taxes should only be increased when absolutely necessary. This stance assumes that lower tax rates raise the tax GDP ratio by ensuring better compliance with tax laws, and favors indirect taxation (such as value added taxes) in order to broaden the tax base to include those with modest incomes.

In exchange for shifting to a territorial system and reducing the tax rate, the federal government could tax all of these untaxed past earnings at a low rate to be paid over a ten year period. Companies would then be free to repatriate their pre existing earnings without paying any additional tax, while future foreign earnings could, as in other countries, be repatriated by paying a low 5 tax.

In many countries, there is considerable scope for domestic resource mobilization. Broadening the tax base, improving tax administration, and closing gaps in the value added tax could make a significant difference in lower income countries, where tax revenues account for only about 10 14 of GDP, compared to 20 30 of GDP in high income countries.

Taxes, revenues, uncollectible taxes and tax credits

Several cases were mentioned where customs modernization had a significant positive impact on revenue collection. In fact, even in cases where tariff rates have been reduced, customs automation has more than offset the losses from these reductions, leading to an overall increase in duties collected.

1410 Low duties

1510 Low duties

So the key to raising revenue is to reduce tax expenditures, use some of the resulting revenue to reduce tax rates, and devote the rest to reducing future deficits. Opponents of tax increases should see that, because such revenue raising is really cutting government spending, it does not imply the adverse incentive effects of raising marginal tax rates.

Apart from these, tax policy and welfare expenditure have been instrumental over a long period of time in transferring income from the higher to the lower income groups.

Tax revenue can be raised without increasing marginal tax rates by limiting the tax subsidies that are built into the current tax code. Those subsidies are a hidden form of government spending on everything from home mortgages and health insurance to the purchase of hybrid cars and residential solar panels.

1. Taxation and customs

There are no income, estate or capital gains taxes.

From the perspective of measurement and calculation of personal tax reduction for Shanghai taxpayers in the earlier stage, the broad masses of taxpayers will fully experience the benefits of the personal income tax reform, especially the lower and middle income people, who will see more significant tax reduction.

The tax system should be reformed by increasing reliance on income progressive taxes, restructuring the property tax and introducing reasonably progressive taxes.

The most comprehensive economic meta study shows that total future climate impacts justify a tax of 0.012 per liter of petrol ( 0.06 per gallon in the US.) This is dwarfed by the tax that many European countries already impose, and it is much less than in the European trading system.

Since the introduction of the Building Independence Strategy in 1998, low income families have seen their after tax disposable incomes increase.

Nor has high taxation in the Nordic countries impeded economic performance. Rather than relying mainly on income taxation, as in the US, the Nordic countries rely on value added taxation, which provides a relatively high amount of revenue with relatively low rates of evasion and few distortions to the economy.

Moreover, economic costs for the individual and the home economy are likely to be minimal owing to scarce employment opportunities at home and the limited capacity for collecting income taxes.

Tax revenue

There is no income tax, and customs duties account for about 35 per cent of government revenues other significant revenue sources are company fees, land and stamp taxes, employment tax, a hospital levy, vehicle licence fees and taxes on hotel occupancy, passenger departures and cigarette sales.

Eliminating special interest loopholes, like tax breaks for oil and gas, or for corporate jets, would not yield enough revenue to pay for a meaningful rate cut. And curtailing accelerated depreciation, the manufacturing production deduction, and the R amp D tax credit which account for about 80 of corporate tax expenditures would involve significant tradeoffs.

Eliminating special interest loopholes, like tax breaks for oil and gas, or for corporate jets, would not yield enough revenue to pay for a meaningful rate cut. And curtailing accelerated depreciation, the manufacturing production deduction, and the R D tax credit which account for about 80 of corporate tax expenditures would involve significant tradeoffs.

For the first time since Dayton, new revenue distribution arrangements (customs revenues and most excise and sales tax revenues) have been launched.

Revenue from businesses and entry taxes

For rich countries, income redistribution is much better handled through taxes and benefits system, rather than by government edicts to strengthen unions. The rich today pay so little in taxes in many countries, that it would be a big improvement simply to move to a flat tax, with a very high exemption level so that lower income families pay nothing.

The overall poverty rate (Low Income Cutoffs After Tax) for Newfoundland and Labrador has decreased from 12.8 percent in 2000 to 9.6 percent in 2002.

Collection and grants Allocated non fiscal revenue

(a) As tariff barriers decline, it is important to find other revenue sources in place of falling trade tax revenue since, in several African countries, such revenue remains a significant part of total revenue. During the transition to non trade sources of revenue, aid flows, aimed at replacing revenue shortfalls from trade liberalization, could be very useful