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Taxes without taxpayers: the invisibility of taxes in Chile

Impuestos sin contribuyentes: la invisibilidad de los impuestos en Chile
[journal article]

Biehl, Andrés
Labarca, José Tomás
Vela, Jacinta

Abstract

This study documents the existing gap between tax structure and tax visibility using evidence from a nationally representative survey in Chile around the time of a contentious tax reform bill. Debates over taxation often assume that taxpayers know the scale and reach of their tax obligations and the... view more

This study documents the existing gap between tax structure and tax visibility using evidence from a nationally representative survey in Chile around the time of a contentious tax reform bill. Debates over taxation often assume that taxpayers know the scale and reach of their tax obligations and the benefits associated to paying taxes, which are crucial to the success of taxation as a tool for development. We tested the assumption of a well-informed taxpayer and find generalised opacity along with the stratification of both income and value-added taxes visibility. We end by discussing how tax visibility relates to taxpayers’ expectations of tax morality and redistribution.... view less


Este estudio documenta la brecha existente entre la estructura impositiva y la visibilidad fiscal, utilizando evidencia de una encuesta nacionalmente representativa aplicada en Chile cuando se discutía una ley de reforma tributaria contenciosa. Los debates sobre impuestos comúnmente asumen que los c... view more

Este estudio documenta la brecha existente entre la estructura impositiva y la visibilidad fiscal, utilizando evidencia de una encuesta nacionalmente representativa aplicada en Chile cuando se discutía una ley de reforma tributaria contenciosa. Los debates sobre impuestos comúnmente asumen que los contribuyentes son conscientes de la escala y alcance de sus obligaciones tributarias y de los beneficios asociados con el pago de impuestos, cuestión fundamental para el éxito de los impuestos como herramienta para el desarrollo. Al poner a prueba el supuesto de un contribuyente bien informado, encontramos una opacidad generalizada y estratificación de la visibilidad del impuesto sobre la renta y del impuesto al valor agregado. Concluimos con un examen de cómo la visibilidad fiscal se relaciona con las expectativas de los contribuyentes sobre moralidad fiscal y redistribución.... view less

Classification
Public Finance

Free Keywords
direct taxation; indirect taxation; Chile; personal income tax; vat

Document language
English

Publication Year
2019

Page/Pages
p. 49-82

Journal
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 64 (2019) 236

Issue topic
Dossier: C.S. y Filosofía: formulaciones teóricas, aproximaciones metodológicas y convergencias disciplinarias

DOI
https://doi.org//10.22201/fcpys.2448492xe.2019.236.6288

ISSN
2448-492X

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0


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