Tax Policy Reform and Economic Performance in New Zealand

Iris Claus
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Iris Claus: Inland Revenue and Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis Policy Advice Division, P.O. Box 2198, Wellington, New Zealand

Asian Economic Papers, 2007, vol. 6, issue 2, pages 79-108

Abstract: New Zealand's tax system is relatively simple and transparent by international standards. But there may still be scope for reducing the costs of taxation. This paper develops a stylized model for New Zealand to evaluate the effects of reducing higher-income tax rates. The results suggest that a reduction in higher-income tax rates would improve New Zealand's long-run economic performance if it were financed by a decline in (non-productive) government spending and/or increases in revenue from other less distortional taxes. Despite the reductions in the higher-income tax rates, higher-income taxpayers would continue to pay a larger proportion of the tax burden than lower-income taxpayers. (c) 2007 The Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Date: 2007

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