ECONOMICS OF TAXATION 2400-ZEWW773
1. Basic notions: tax definition, tax classification, tax rules and functions, progression of taxation. Marginal and average taxation.
2. Tax effectiveness. Taxation of waste assets. Cost of taxes by A. Smith. External effects of taxation (excess burden of taxation).
3. Optimal taxation theories: theory of optimal commodity taxation (F. Ramsey, J. Mirrleess), theory of optimal income taxation (both linear and non-linear) (J. Mirrleess and former scientists). Marginal cost of funds proposition to evaluate tax burden and size of tax rates. Political economics view on tax effectiveness.
4. Taxes as incentives. Tax influence on: investment, economic growth and labor supply. Taxations and the structure of firms capital. Tax impact on risk taking by enterprises. Taxation and accumulation of human capital (overlapping generations models and life cycle models).
5. Tax avoidance and evasion. Allingham-Sandmo's model and its extensions. Empirical results of evasion research. Psychology of tax evasion. Prospect theory and its application to the tax evasion problem. Tax abolitions and world abolition's experience. Dynamic model of abolition and its implication.
6. Theory of tax administration. Rules of controlling tax agents, according to agency theory and game theory. Remuneration of tax inspectors. Corruption and extortion in tax administration: counteraction.
7. Justice and equity in taxation. Distribution of income before and after taxation. Calculation of wealth distribution effects caused by taxes. Prove of non-optimality of decreasing marginal utility as a determinant of progressive taxation. Pros and cons of tax progression. Sin taxes. Special issues of taxing the families and households. Estate and gift taxation.
8. International tax competition. Theories of tax competition: perfect competition proposed by Tiebout, harmful competition in Zodrow-Mieszkowski meaning, agglomeration theory in tax competition, model of fiscal solvency. Tax havens - their classification, utilization and features.
Type of course
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Learning outcomes
Student can recognize basic problems in tax applications linked with theoretical background. He or she is able to hint some basic weaknesses of theoretical tax models. They can explain tax incidence, optimality and equity aspects of taxations.
Students can justify their view for choosing different taxation techniques and tax systems construction. Students can handle with international tax literature and can prepare the short essay based on the scientific models.
Student are aware of the impact of economics on the behavior of taxpayers. Students critically analyze the selected articles from economics of taxation.
KW01, KW02, KW03, KW04, KU01, KU02, KU03, KU04, KU05, KU06, KU07, KK01, KK02, KK03
Assessment criteria
The final grade depends on the points received from; final exam consisting of multiply-choice-test and open questions a and the review of given scientific paper from international tax literature formerly accepted by the lecturer
Bibliography
REQUIRED:
F. Grądalski, „Wstęp do teorii opodatkowania”, SGH, Warszawa 2004
F. Grądalski, „System podatkowy w świetle teorii optymalnego opodatkowania”, SGH, Warszawa 2005
S. James, C. Nobes, “The Economics of Taxation”, Prentice Hall Europe, London 1997/98
J. Kudła, „Ekonomiczne problemy kosztów opodatkowania i nielegalnego unikania podatków”, Nasz Dziennik, Warszawa 2004
J. Kudła, „Ekonomia opodatkowania międzynarodowego”, Difin, Warszawa 2013
SUGGESTED:
W. G. Gale, J. R. Hines, J. Slemrod, Rethinking estate and gift taxation, Washington 2001
W. B. Hildreth, J. A. Richardson, "Handbook on taxation", Marcel Dekker, New York 1999
B. Salanie, "The Economics of taxation", MIT Press, London 2003
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