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标题：Simulating the impact of inflation on the progressivity of personal income tax in Brazil
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作者：Horacio Levy ; José Ricardo Nogueira ; Rozane Bezerra Siqueira 等
期刊名称：Revista Brasileira de Economia
印刷版ISSN：0034-7140
出版年度：2010
卷号：64
期号：4
页码：405-422
语种：English
出版社：Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia da FGV
摘要：Income tax reform in Brazil has mainly stressed changes in rates, aiming at increasing its progressivity. One aspect frequently overlooked is that, in the absence of adjustments of the tax rules to inflation, the level and distribution of the income tax burden can be substantially affected. We use a microsimulation model to simulate the potential revenue and distributive effects of inflation on the income tax in Brazil. Our findings suggest that if the income tax is not adjusted for inflation, progressivity would decrease but redistribution would increase due to a larger tax burden, but income inequality would not substantially change.
其他摘要：Income tax reform in Brazil has mainly stressed changes in rates, aiming at increasing its progressivity. One aspect frequently overlooked is that, in the absence of adjustments of the tax rules to inflation, the level and distribution of the income tax burden can be substantially affected. We use a microsimulation model to simulate the potential revenue and distributive effects of inflation on the income tax in Brazil. Our findings suggest that if the income tax is not adjusted for inflation, progressivity would decrease but redistribution would increase due to a larger tax burden, but income inequality would not substantially change.
关键词：Income Tax;Inflation;Progressivity;Redistribution;Latin America; Brazil