On the Relative Size of Direct and Indirect Tax Evasion
On the Relative Size of Direct and Indirect Tax Evasion
Author(s): Gerasimos SoldatosSubject(s): Economy
Published by: Univerzitni servis s.r.o.
Keywords: Direct and indirect tax evasion; forward indirect tax shift; consumer risk neutrality
Summary/Abstract: Modifying the standard analytical apparatuses for direct and indirect tax evasion to incorporate forward indirect tax shift in a monopolistically competitive environment, this paper maintains that indirect tax evasion would exceed for sure direct tax evasion only under consumer risk neutrality and a tax policy zeroing the tax shift. Also, in the presence of tax evasion, there cannot be optimal direct-indirect tax mix, because tax evasion is accompanied by uncertainty and hence, nonlinearities in the tax schedules that cannot be dealt with at least practically.
Journal: International Economics Letters
- Issue Year: 3/2014
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 45-48
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English