This paper presents a reform of the structure of the Italian personal income tax (IRPEF) which combines a plurality of objectives: Simplifying the tax and smoothing the curves of the tax rates; increasing the transparency and comprehensibility of the tax for the taxpayer; providing tax authorities with a tool that can be used for purposes of redistribution in a simple and effective way. A tax function radically different from the current one is proposed, moving from the progressivity by marginal tax rates/income brackets to a continuous average tax rate schedule. Specifically, the curve of the average tax rates is derived by imposing constant elasticity of the after-tax income (residual income progression) for a large range of taxable incomes. The paper presents some tentative simulations of the effects of this reform on tax yield and redistribution based on tax returns data in 2018.
Towards a reform of the italian personal income tax: The progressive average tax rate as a continuous function / Longobardi E.; Pollastri C.; Zanardi A.. - In: POLITICA ECONOMICA. - ISSN 1120-9496. - STAMPA. - 36:1(2020), pp. 141-158. [10.1429/97788]
Towards a reform of the italian personal income tax: The progressive average tax rate as a continuous function
Zanardi A.
2020
Abstract
This paper presents a reform of the structure of the Italian personal income tax (IRPEF) which combines a plurality of objectives: Simplifying the tax and smoothing the curves of the tax rates; increasing the transparency and comprehensibility of the tax for the taxpayer; providing tax authorities with a tool that can be used for purposes of redistribution in a simple and effective way. A tax function radically different from the current one is proposed, moving from the progressivity by marginal tax rates/income brackets to a continuous average tax rate schedule. Specifically, the curve of the average tax rates is derived by imposing constant elasticity of the after-tax income (residual income progression) for a large range of taxable incomes. The paper presents some tentative simulations of the effects of this reform on tax yield and redistribution based on tax returns data in 2018.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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