Tax compliance under tax regime changes

Friedrich Heinemann and Martin Kocher

No 10-020, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: In this paper we focus on the compliance effects of tax regime changes. According to the economic model of tax evasion, a tax reform should affect compliance through its impact on tax rates and incentives. Our findings demonstrate the importance of at least two further effects not covered by the traditional model: First, reform losers tend to evade more taxes after the reform. Second, a reform from a proportionate to a progressive system decreases compliance compared to a switch in the reverse direction. However, the level of compliance is generally higher under a progressive than under a proportionate regime.

Keywords: tax reforms; tax compliance; experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 C91 H26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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