China: How Can Revenue Reforms Contribute to Inclusive and Sustainable Growth?

Waikei Lam and Philippe Wingender

No 2015/066, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Revenue reforms can contribute to more inclusive, green, and sustainable growth in China. Relative to OECD economies, fiscal policy in China is less redistributive. Options for promoting more inclusive growth include improving the progressivity of labor taxes (individual income tax and social security contributions), introducing a recurrent property tax, and finishing the transition to a comprehensive value-added tax. Higher environmental taxes, meanwhile, would promote more environment-friendly economy. These reforms could also significantly boost revenue, potentially by as much as 6½ percent of GDP. Such increases in revenue could help reduce the deficit, finance priority social and infrastructure spending, and offset cuts in other taxes. We illustrate how these revenue reforms could be part of a comprehensive fiscal package that achieves the needed consolidation in the (augmented) deficit and foster higher quality growth.

Keywords: WP; revenue; reform; revenue reform; tax revenue; Fiscal Policy; China; tax reforms; government debt; social security; business operation tax; spending responsibility; tax schedule; tax sharing; social security contribution rate; revenue objective; reform policy; Social security contributions; Income; Income and capital gains taxes; Asia and Pacific; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 2015-03-24
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