We model the behaviour of a buyer trying to evade the real estate transfer tax. We identify over-appraisal as a key, easily-observable element that is inversely related with tax evasion. We conclude that the tax authority could focus auditing efforts on low-appraisal transactions. We include ‘behavioural’ components (shame and stigma)...

Conocer el nivel y tipología del fraude fiscal es condición necesaria para mitigar su impacto sobre las finanzas públicas. En este sentido, este informe presenta una completa panorámica sobre un aspecto concreto del mismo: el papel que juegan los denominados “paraísos fiscales”. Las tres contribuciones de las cuales consta el...

VERSIÓN EN CASTELLANO. La brecha fiscal es un concepto de importancia creciente en el ámbito de las administraciones tributarias que indica la diferencia entre la recaudación impositiva efectiva y la que debería obtenerse de haber un cumplimiento fiscal perfecto. Su estimación ofrece una información muy relevante sobre el tamaño relativo...

The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate to case for an annual wealth tax as part of a nation’s tax system. To do so we review current received wisdom on the elements of a good tax system drawing on the normative tax design literature, recent tax commission findings...

In this paper, we analyze the cross-border effects of patent box regimes that reduce the tax rate on income from intellectual property. We argue that the tax cut in one location of a multinational enterprise may reduce the user cost of capital for the whole group if profit shifting is...

The elasticities of taxable (ETI) and broad income (EBI) are key parameters in optimal tax and welfare analysis. To examine the large variation in estimates found in the literature, I conduct a comprehensive meta-regression analysis of elasticities that measure behavioral responses to income taxation using information from 51 different studies...