Responsiveness of the Indian Tax System: A Time Series Analysis from 1990 to 2010

Debasis Patnaik and Annie Pillai

Economy, 2017, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: The post reform period in Indian fiscal system needed to assess the impact of reforms as regards tax buoyancy and elasticity of Indian tax system in pre GST exercise. This paper studies the variation in buoyancy of the following taxes: Corporation Tax, Income Tax, Customs tax, Union Excise Duty. It also attempts to study the elasticities of the above mentioned taxes by eliminating the impact of discretionary changes.

Keywords: Tax elasticity; Indian tax system; Time series; GDP; Tax revenue; Tax buoyancy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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