Time to tax for inclusive growth

Safeguarding the advances the continent has already achieved and ensuring inclusive and sustainable growth must be a priority for all the countries in the region. That is why the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Oxfam are committed to working together in order to p...

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spelling oai:dspace6-d1:11362-39950 Time to tax for inclusive growth NU. CEPAL OXFAM OXFAM POLITICA FISCAL TRIBUTACION INGRESOS FISCALES CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO EVASION TRIBUTARIA IGUALDAD DE GENERO DISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO ADMINISTRACION FISCAL FISCAL POLICY TAXATION TAX REVENUES ECONOMIC GROWTH TAX EVASION GENDER EQUALITY INCOME DISTRIBUTION TAX ADMINISTRATION Safeguarding the advances the continent has already achieved and ensuring inclusive and sustainable growth must be a priority for all the countries in the region. That is why the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Oxfam are committed to working together in order to promote and build a new consensus against inequality. There is no silver bullet, but there are measures that can be taken, which together can make a big difference —and tax reform is a good place to start. This publication has been prepared in the hope that it will contribute to efforts to combat inequality in Latin America, by analysing the fiscal challenges involved and proposing policy guidelines. Foreword .-- A. Tax collection is low in Latin America .-- B. Tax systems have done little to even out income distribution .-- C. Despite recent reforms, personal income taxation is particularly weak in Latin America .-- D. Tax avoidance represents a significant challenge to strengthening personal and corporate income tax .-- E. The effective tax rates on top incomes are still very low, with limited impact on income inequality .-- F. A taxation policy that intensifies gender inequalities .-- G. The long-term performance of corporate income tax will depend on a number of regional and global tax trends .-- H. Initiatives should prioritize the reduction of tax incentives and enhance capacity-building in national tax administrations .-- I. Policy implications for fiscal compacts in Latin America. 2016-03-16T20:22:50Z 2016-03-16T20:22:50Z 2016-03 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/39950 en .pdf application/pdf AMERICA LATINA LATIN AMERICA ECLAC
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title Time to tax for inclusive growth
spellingShingle Time to tax for inclusive growth
POLITICA FISCAL
TRIBUTACION
INGRESOS FISCALES
CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO
EVASION TRIBUTARIA
IGUALDAD DE GENERO
DISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO
ADMINISTRACION FISCAL
FISCAL POLICY
TAXATION
TAX REVENUES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
TAX EVASION
GENDER EQUALITY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
TAX ADMINISTRATION
title_short Time to tax for inclusive growth
title_full Time to tax for inclusive growth
title_fullStr Time to tax for inclusive growth
title_full_unstemmed Time to tax for inclusive growth
title_sort time to tax for inclusive growth
topic POLITICA FISCAL
TRIBUTACION
INGRESOS FISCALES
CRECIMIENTO ECONOMICO
EVASION TRIBUTARIA
IGUALDAD DE GENERO
DISTRIBUCION DEL INGRESO
ADMINISTRACION FISCAL
FISCAL POLICY
TAXATION
TAX REVENUES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
TAX EVASION
GENDER EQUALITY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
TAX ADMINISTRATION
description Safeguarding the advances the continent has already achieved and ensuring inclusive and sustainable growth must be a priority for all the countries in the region. That is why the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Oxfam are committed to working together in order to promote and build a new consensus against inequality. There is no silver bullet, but there are measures that can be taken, which together can make a big difference —and tax reform is a good place to start. This publication has been prepared in the hope that it will contribute to efforts to combat inequality in Latin America, by analysing the fiscal challenges involved and proposing policy guidelines.
publisher ECLAC
publishDate 2016
url http://hdl.handle.net/11362/39950
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