In this interview, Dr. Chau shares some ideas about the tax reforms of the past two years and their implementation. In this way, the interview addresses the news that brought the introduction of partial audits, individual consultations and the procedures related to these. Then, it focuses on the role of the Tax Court in the implementation and consolidation of these new tax law institutions. / En la presente entrevista, la doctora Chau nos comparte algunas ideas respecto a las reformas tributarias de los últimos dos años y la implementación de las mismas. Así, se abordan las novedades que trajeron la introducción de fiscalizaciones parciales, consultas particulares y los procedimientos vinculados a estas, para luego tratar el rol del Tribunal Fiscal en la aplicación y consolidación de las nuevas instituciones tributarias introducidas.

A construção de uma sociedade livre, justa e solidária, capaz de promover o bem comum, indistintamente, assim como a erradicação da pobreza e da marginalidade, além da redução da desigualdade social, são objetivos de nossa República e com certeza, vontade de quase todos os brasileiros. Isto significa que as ações do Estado têm que ser realizadas visando a concretização de uma justiça social. É para isto que deve estar a serviço o Estado, e é para corroborar com o alcance desta finalidade, que contribuímos por meio dos tributos que pagamos. O tributo advém de uma obrigatoriedade social, que ocasiona a saída do dinheiro da esfera particular e passa a integrar o que conhecemos por recurso público, o qual será administrado pelo Estado, através dos seus agentes estatais. Estes devem gerenciar e empenhar este recurso, única e exclusivamente para cumprir os fins sociais, para o que a honestidade e a probidade são exigências irrenunciáveis. Para ofertar esta garantia é que se presta o princípio da moralidade, o qual está na centralidade de nosso trabalho. Na prática, devido a nossa tradição positivista e a nossa cultura patrimonialista, observamos a dificuldade em se lidar com a moralidade no interior do Direito e especialmente na administração do recurso fruto do esforço coletivo. A consignação do princípio da moralidade em nossa Constituição faz com que a sua observância seja obrigatória no manejo da coisa pública, sendo que a mínima suspeita sobre o seu desrespeito pode e deve ser judicialmente controlado. Para isto é imprescindível que se aprimore cada vez mais os mecanismos de controle. A sociedade civil tem um papel fundamental neste exercício democrático, e para isto, formas dialógicas e interativas entre os cidadãos e o Estado têm que ser constantemente aperfeiçoadas, pois, se a imoralidade na administração tributária favorece somente alguns, a moralidade, por sua vez, vem atender aos interesses da maioria da população. / The construction of a free, fair and solidary society, capable of promoting the common good, indistinctly, such as the eradication of poverty and crime, as well as the decrease in social inequality, are the objectives of our Republic, and without a doubt, the will of nearly all Brazilians. This means that the actions of the State must be executed, bearing in mind the effective implementation of a social justice. This is the role of the State, and it is in order to corroborate within the means of this end that we contribute as taxpayers. Taxes derive from a social obligation in which money leaves the personal sphere and becomes part of what is known as a public resource, which will be administered by the State via its government agents. These agents must manage and make effective use of this public resource, solely and exclusively for the purpose of accomplishing social means, in order for honesty and integrity to be fundamental requirements. This guarantee is ensured by the principal of morality, which is found at the core of our work. In practice, due to our positive law tradition and our patrimonial culture, we observe the difficulty in dealing with morality inside the Law and mainly in the administration of resources which are the product of public efforts. The consignment of the principal of morality in our Constitution makes its observance mandatory in the dealings of public affairs, since a minimal suspicion about its nonobservance may and should be judicially controlled. In order to accomplish this, it is of utmost importance that the control mechanisms are improved continuously. Civil society has a fundamental role in this democratic exercise and therefore, interactive and conversational forms among citizens and the State must be perfected constantly. For, if immorality in the tax administration favors only a few, morality, in its turn, serves the interests of the majority of the population.

Tax amnesties are government programs that typically allow a short period of time for tax evaders to voluntarily repay previously evaded taxes without being subject to penalties and prosecution that discovery of such tax evasion normally brings. Tax amnesties differ widely in terms of coverage, tax types, and incentives offered. A state’s Voluntary Disclosure Programme is another avenue available to taxpayers to assist them in resolving their state tax delinquencies. This programme is an on-going programme as compared to a tax amnesty, which is there for a limited time period only. The main goal of the research was to describe the tax amnesty and the voluntary disclosure programmes in South Africa and to assess their advantages and disadvantages. This thesis also discussed another form of voluntary disclosure programme, referred to as an Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Programme, which allows taxpayers with unreported foreign bank accounts, and presumably unreported foreign income, to voluntarily disclose their affairs. The study found that, due to tax amnesties, Government raises more tax revenue not only in the short run from collecting overdue taxes but also by bringing former non-filers back into the tax system for the long run. It was also found that, initially short-run revenue brought in from overdue taxes will be positive for the first amnesty and then decline each time the amnesty is offered repeatedly. The reason for the decline in revenue might be that tax amnesties provide incentives for otherwise honest taxpayers to start evading taxes because they will anticipate the offering of future amnesties, thereby weakening tax compliance. The costs associated with amnesty programmes include negative long run revenue impact and also that amnesty programmes reduce compliance by taxpayers in the long-run. In South Africa tax amnesties, especially the voluntary disclosure programme, are likely to be successful since they will increase the revenue yield and also bring non-filers back on the tax rolls.

The main objective of the study was to analyze the potential tax collection from the informal rental housing market in Zambia, using household level rental housing data collected for the Lusaka Urban District by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) as a basis for computation and extrapolation to the national level. This data was used to analyze household monthly expenditure on housing (rent), the total number of households in rented accommodation, and the tax regime applicable on rental income, to estimate the potential tax revenue that could be realized from this emerging sector. The estimates indicate that about K9.7 billion revenue could be collected on income from rental housing in Lusaka Urban District alone and a total of K83 billion nationally per annum. This represents about 0.4 percent of the country’s GDP in 2007. Compliance needs to be improved and legislation revised to ensure that the landlords are compelled to remit tax to the Zambia Revenue Authority. The current legislation makes enforcement and compliance difficult as it places the statutory tax burden on tenants, who are very mobile. It is, therefore, recommended that the landlord is made responsible for the payment of taxes due on rental income and that any compliance requirements be enforced against the real estate/property that is generating the income. This study also examines the performance of the presumptive taxation regime in Zambia The study uses data from the Zambia Revenue Authority on revenue collection from presumptive taxes which were introduced to capture income from the informal sectors. The presumptive taxes already introduced in Zambia include: base tax, advance income tax and turnover tax for minibuses and taxi operators. To analyze the performance of the presumptive tax regime, the study utilizes data on imports made by those not registered for taxes, to estimate how much revenue could be generated by imposing a 3 percent turnover tax on the value of their imports at importation. The analysis shows that the Zambia Revenue Authority increased revenue collection from K5.3 billion in 2004 to K33.5 billion in 2007. This improvement in revenue collection is far below the potential, however, which is estimated at over K501 billion on imports of unregistered traders alone. To collect this revenue and expand the tax base, the tax authority needs to improve the administration of advance income tax on unregistered importers, and raise the advance income tax rate to a level where the importer is indifferent between paying the advance tax at the border and paying turnover tax inland.

Véritable phénomène marquant le champ fiscal, la doctrine administrative constitue une manifestation du pouvoir, aussi bien de l'administration que de ses concepteurs, au point qu'elle se substitue largement à la norme fiscale. Se pose alors la question du respect de la hiérarchie des normes juridiques et de la protection du contribuable contre les débordements d'interprétation de l'administration fiscale. La doctrine administrative n'a aucune valeur juridique mais, souvent, les agents du fisc vont surtout se référer à l'instruction administrative au détriment, parfois, de la sécurité juridique et des droits et garanties des contribuables. Ce pouvoir de la doctrine nous interpelle sur son statut de manière à ne pas être placée dans un rang hiérarchique supérieur au texte fiscal. L'administration fiscale au Maroc n'échappe pas à ce phénomène qui devrait normalement solliciter l'intervention du pouvoir judiciaire. Or, les contribuables sont très réticents à recourir au juge administratif pour contester une doctrine illégale et préfèrent formuler à l'administration des demandes individuelles d'interprétation de la loi. Aussi, pour maîtriser et contrôler la doctrine administrative, est-il nécessaire de repenser l'élaboration de cette doctrine dans le sens d'une plus grande efficience en adoptant une démarche de conception collective. Et, pour pallier les éventuels abus, le recours pour excès de pouvoir doit avoir toute l'importance qu'il mérite en la matière afin de faire valoir la suprématie de la loi et consolider l’État de droit. / As an effective phenomenon marking the tax area, the tax administrative doctrine is a show of power of the tax administration and of their writers as well, to the point that it substitutes widely to the tax norm. This raises question of respect for the hierarchy of legal standards and taxpayer protection against the excesses of the tax administration interpretation. The tax administrative doctrine has no juridical value but, often, tax inspectors apply the administrativ circulars, bargaining and risking sometimes the juridical and law security and the taxpayers' guaranties. Thi power force of the tax administrative doctrine calls us on its status so as not to be placed on a hierarchical ran superior to the fiscal text. The tax administration in Morocco is not immune against this phenomenon which should normally seek th intervention of the juridical authority. However, taxpayers are reluctant to resort to administrative courts to challenge illegal doctrine and prefer to express individual requests to the administration for the interpretation of the law. Also, to monitor and contrai the administrative doctrine, it is necessary to rethink the elaboration of this doctrin in the order of greater efficiency by adopting an approach of collective conception. And to mitigate the possibl abuse, the appeal of abuse of power must have the importance it deserves in the field to assert the supremacy of the law and to consolidate the state of right.

Property taxes serve as a vital revenue source for local governments. The revenues derived from the property tax function as the primary funding source for a variety of critical local public service systems. Property tax appeal systems serve as quasi-administrative-judicial mechanisms intended to assure the public that property tax assessments are correct, fair, and equitable. Despite these important functions, there is a paucity of empirical research related to property tax appeal systems. This study contributes to property tax literature by identifying who participates in the property tax appeal process and examining their motivations for participation. In addition, the study sought to determine whether patterns of use and success in appeal systems affected the distribution of the tax burden. Data were collected by means of a survey distributed to single-family property owners from two Florida counties. In addition, state and county documents were analyzed to determine appeal patterns and examine the impact on assessment uniformity, over a three-year period. The survey data provided contextual evidence that single-family property owners are not as troubled by property taxes as they are by the conduct of local government officials. The analyses of the decision to appeal indicated that more expensive properties and properties excluded from initial uniformity analyses were more likely to be appealed, while properties with homestead exemptions were less likely to be appealed. The value change analyses indicated that appeals are clustered in certain geographical areas; however, these areas do not always experience a greater percentage of the value changes. Interestingly, professional representation did not increase the probability of obtaining a reduction in value. Other relationships between the variables were discovered, but often with weak predictive ability. Findings from the assessment uniformity analyses were also interesting. The results indicated that the appeals mechanisms in both counties improved assessment uniformity. On average, appealed properties exhibited greater horizontal and vertical inequities, as compared to non-appealed properties, prior to the appeals process. After, the appeal process was completed; the indicators of horizontal and vertical equity were largely improved. However, there were some indications of regressivity in the final year of the study.

The object of this thesis is the electronization of services in the current tax administrations. The major aim of this paper is an analysis of how IT costs and other variables affect salary costs. Another aim of the work is to describe the differences in the structures of contemporary tax administrations in the OECD countries as well as to outline the current situation and possible future development in the use of electronic services in this area.

Essence même des rapports sociaux, la réciprocité est le principe fondamental qui gouverne les échanges entre les êtres humains et qui permet de définir l’équilibre de leurs relations. Protéiforme et fonctionnelle, elle demeure une notion délicate à circonscrire puisqu’elle s’inscrit à la fois dans la coopération et la lutte, qu’il s’agisse de la sociologie ou du droit. Cet équilibre ne peut rimer avec égalité dès lors qu’il s’agit d’étudier les relations entre l’Administration et les usagers. En effet, les individus n’agissent pas sous couvert d’un voile d’ignorance et les Administrations préservent les intérêts de l’État. Le hiatus affiché, il est incarné essentiellement par l’unilatéralité et la légalité du droit fiscal. Le caractère réciprocitaire n’est pas exclu pour autant. Dérivé adapté du principe d’égalité, la réciprocité serait un concept juridique et anthropologique au service de chacun, en proportion. À l’origine des valeurs et des structures humaines, de l’organisation de la famille jusqu’à celle de la société, la réciprocité imprègne tant le système fiscal que des instruments plus particuliers. Conformément à sa double nature, elle peut revêtir la forme de la « vengeance » – compliance et vérification, défaillance et rectification… – à l’instar du droit international, mais également la forme de « l’alliance » - Chartes, contrôle, transaction… -, à l’instar du droit des obligations. Stabilisatrice, la réciprocité participe donc du renouvellement de ces relations à tous les stades des procédures fiscales – imposition, contrôle et contentieux – dans le sens d’un équilibre obligatoirement différencié, générateur d’échange de bons procédés dans la préservation asymétrique, ou simplement différée, des intérêts de chacun. / Essence of social relations, reciprocity is the fundamental principle which governs human exchanges and defined the balance of their relationships. Protean and functional, it remains a delicate notion, between cooperation and struggle, in sociology but also in law. This balance cannot rhyme with equality when we study public relations: people don’t act behind a veil of ignorance and Administrations must work for public interest. The hiatus displayed, it is embodied basically in the unilateralism and legality of tax law. The reciprocal character is not excluded from these relations; from equality, it could be the anthropological and legal concept, serving each one, proportionally. Source of the human values and structures, from the family organization to the society organization, reciprocity colours both tax system that more special instruments. In accordance with its double nature, it may be in the form of “revenge” – tax compliance and tax inspection, failure to fulfil tax obligations and tax adjustment... – like in international law, but also in the form of “alliance” – Charters, tax audit, transaction... – like in contract law. Stabilizer, reciprocity is related to the renewal of these relations at all stages of the tax procedures – taxation, control, litigation – in the sense of a necessarily differentiated balance, which leads to an exchange of goods in the asymmetric conservation, or simply deferred, of the interests of each one.

El presente trabajo de investigación busca Identificar de qué manera afecta el congestionamiento causado por la demora en la disposición de mercancías en Abandono y/o inmovilizadas a los Depósitos Temporales autorizados por la SUNAT en la Intendencia Aduana Marítima del Callao, en el 2019; para ese efecto nuestro estudio se divide en cuatro (4) capítulos, los cuales son detallados a continuación: El primer capítulo se centra en el plan de investigación, por medio del cual planteamos la situación problemática, los problemas, los objetivos principales y específicos; y la formulación de la hipótesis de trabajo de la investigación. El segundo capítulo da a conocer los antecedentes de la investigación nacionales e internacionales, el marco conceptual y el análisis del sector a investigar. El tercer capítulo se centra en la metodología de la investigación, donde detallamos el tipo, propósito, categorías, delimitaciones, diseño de la investigación y tamaño de muestra. Asimismo, en este capítulo desarrollamos las entrevistas de profundidad, las cuales serán de utilidad para el recojo de información. Finalmente, el cuarto capítulo se enfoca en el análisis y discusión de resultados de nuestra investigación para así encontrar los hallazgos y realizar tanto las conclusiones como las recomendaciones finales por medio del análisis de documentos y de la información obtenida mediante las entrevistas de profundidad desarrolladas en nuestro estudio. / This research work seeks to identify how the congestion caused by the delay in the disposal of goods in Abandonment and/or immobilized in the Temporary Deposits authorized by SUNAT in the Callao Maritime Customs Administration, until 2019; therefore, our study is divided into four (4) chapters, which are detailed below. The first chapter focuses on the research plan, through which we pose the question, the problem and the objectives, both main and specific, and the formulation of the initial research hypothesis. The second chapter discloses the research background, both national and international, and the conceptual framework, and the analysis of the sector to be investigated. The third chapter focuses on the research methodology, where we detail the type, purpose, categories, delimitation, design and sample size of the research. Likewise, in this chapter we develop in-depth interviews, which will be useful for gathering information. Finally, the fourth chapter focuses on the analysis and discussion of the results of our research in order to find the findings and make both the conclusions and the final recommendations through the analysis of documents and the information obtained through the in-depth interviews carried out in our study. / Tesis

Bibliography: pages 133-135. / There is an administrative law relationship between the taxpayer and the Commissioner for Inland Revenue, (hereinafter referred to as 'the Commissioner') The basis of this relationship is that the Commissioner is required to collect tax and the taxpayer is required to pay the tax. In exercising his powers under the Income Tax Act No. 58 of 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), the Commissioner has been conferred with discretionary powers. In this thesis, this administrative law relationship is examined with specific reference to the means of regulating the exercise by the Commissioner of his discretionary powers. There are a number of ways in which the discretionary powers of the Commissioner may be regulated. Generally discretion may be regulated by 'rule based administrative action' (1). This means that discretionary power is exercised subject to internal rules which state how discretionary power must be exercised. Another method of regulating the exercise of discretionary power is subsumed under the category of 'adjudicative techniques of decision' (2). The essence of the latter category is that the affected person participates in the decision which affects him. The exercise of discretionary power may be regulated furthermore if the Minister who has responsibility for the Department is required to be responsible for and account publicly for the actions of his subordinate. In this thesis, examples of rule based administrative action and adjudicative techniques of decision are examined.