税法运行机制的经济分析

税收负担是税收法律运行机制的核心内容之一,税负的轻重在于价格需求弹性的大小。税法的公平和效率是税法运行机制的必有之义。     

和谐社会中的经济法

本文以社会主义和谐社会构建为背景,阐述了经济法的公平理念是机会公平与结果公平,形式公平与实质公平的统一。在具体制度安排方面,从财政制度、税收制度、社会保障制度、市场竞争制度四个方面进行了论述。     

中国税权重构的法律思考

税权是分税制财政管理体制法的核心内容。我国于 1994年实行分税制财政体制 ,对税权进行了配置 ,但从多年运作的情况看 ,这种税权配置存在不少问题。就中国税权的重构作了一些初步探讨 ,并建议赋予地方以适当的税收立法权 ,合理划分税种 ,使地方政府的事权与财权相统一。     

税收优先权的顺位分析

税收优先权是优先权的一种形式,但税收又是一种公法上的债权债务关系。因此,当税收优先权与其他优先权竟合时,既可以适用私法债权优先权竞合时的原则,又要考虑国家的特殊政策需要。由于涉及的优先权类型很多,且税收优先权有与其竞合的可能,故有必要对优先权进行分析,并指出税收优先权的法律地位。     

论税收中的人权保障

我国宪法中相关税收条款有待于进一步完善,在明确公民有依照法律纳税义务的同时,需要强调征税主体也有依照法律征税的义务,通过淡化税收优先权、加强对税收法律关系中利害关系人权利的保护,进一步加强对人权的保护和市场经济秩序的维护。     

Tax Amnesty as Price-Discriminating Behavior by a Monopolistic Government

We consider perfectly anticipated periodic tax amnesties characterized by a tax rate lower than the ordinary one and used by a monopolistic government to maximize net fiscal revenue. We model tax amnesties as a form of intertemporal price discrimination. It turns out that, under certain conditions, discrimination secures the highest net revenue, as amnesties incorporate a self-selection mechanism that renders it possible to collect additional payments from tax evaders, without inducing honest taxpayers to join them. Optimal timing for granting tax amnesties may be calculated, but problems of time inconsistency in government behavior may arise.     

刍议税收优先权的法律位序

我国《税收征收管理法》第45条规定了税收优先权,但该条对税收债权之间的优先权,以及税收之债与其他民事债权优先权之间的位序,没有明确规定。法律需要在这方面加以解释与细化,以指导税收工作中的实践行为。     

宏观调控抑或税收法治:论房产税改革的目标

房地产调控背景下进行的房产税改革并不能承担宏观调控稳定房价的任务。税收法治条件下的房产税具有调节贫富差距、优化资源配置和筹集财政收入的功能。笔者认为,目前我国的房产税改革目标仍以解决财政收入为主。在分权、法治指导下,房产税改革应当向地方税收立法、税收法治、公共财政的方向设计与发展,并籍此促进我国财税体制的完善。     

WTO视角下我国税收犯罪立法面临的挑战及发展态势

中国加入WTO,对现行税制的冲击无疑是巨大的.由此而引致的税收犯罪是新型的和复杂的.也使我国的税收犯罪立法面临着严峻的挑战.如何从容应对挑战并准确预测税收犯罪立法的发展态势,让刑法的公正内涵与保护外延,在WTO规则面前获得淋漓尽致的发挥,这是摆在法律工作者特别是刑事立法工作者面前的一项十分重要而又紧迫的任务.     

The Role of Symmetry between the Revenue and the Expenditure Side of the Government Budget in the Debate about the Potential Negative Effects of Tax Competition

The effects of capital tax competition are reconsidered in this paper incorporating the argument that the expenditure structure of public budget should reflect its revenue structure. The paper offers a small open economy model where capital and labour tax revenues are used exclusively on the provision of public inputs. It is shown that if the revenue side of the government budget exactly matches the expenditure side that is if industrial public goods are financed by both private production factors with the weights reflecting the contributions of public inputs to the private factor productivity then public inputs are provided optimally even in the presence of tax competition.     

罗马人的税赋——从起源到戴克里先登基

本文力图开拓罗马公法之一的罗马税法新领域,分析了罗马人承受的公共负担的类型,他们承担的直接税和间接税,以及罗马法中国税和地税的划分,得出罗马人的税负不重的结论。进而探讨罗马国库收入的税外来源,最后质疑了罗马人"螺丝钉论"。     

税收法定主义原则与政府税收立法权的界定

税收法定主义原则是税法的首要原则。根据这一原则,税收要素、税收程序基本方面的立法权都应由议会机关保留。政府部门只有对税收程序中的具体问题制定行政法规的权力。即使在授权立法的情况下,对政府部门的授权也只能针对个别、具体的事项。     

税务行政中的契约理念及其体现——以平等、协商为核心

税收的本质是人民与国家间的“契约”,而契约所蕴涵的平等、协商等理念正是我国当代税务行政中的稀缺品质。平等理念拓展了长期局限于纳税人间的传统平等观,将平等延伸至税务机关,重视实质平等。协商理念蕴涵双向交流与沟通之意,体现了对行政相对人意志表达的尊重倾向,也将为单一的权力行政手段增添活力与弹性。平等、协商理念对于提升纳税人主体地位、增进税收公平、改善征纳关系、实现高效行政都颇具现实意义。     

纳税人税权研究

纳税人税权是纳税人享有的与其纳税义务相对应的基本权利,其与一般的纳税人权利有明显的区别。纳税人税权的性质为纳税人的财产所有权所衍生的一种社会权利。纳税人税权的存在有其法理根源、宪法根源和经济根源。纳税人税权的具体内容包括税收使用权、税收知情权、税收参与权、税收监督权和请求权等。     

Legislative Knowledge Networks,Status Quo Complexity,and the Approval of Law Initiatives

In this article, we explore the role of legislative knowledge networks (LKN) in the enactment of tax policy in Argentina. Findings show that legislative innovation follows a hierarchical (power law) structure with a few distinct issue areas dominated by key enacted bills. Taxation in Argentina is well described by three main issue areas: the VAT laws, the income tax, and the revenue‐sharing legislation. We provide evidence that complexity in the status quo, as described by a larger number of important precedent laws, reduces the likelihood of final approval. Our research departs from existing models of delegation by considering complexity in the status quo rather than complexity in the proposal. We argue that more complex status quo should be accounted for when trying to assess whether legislators draft more or less detailed law initiatives.     

Special report on taxation. New IRS revenue procedure clarifies tax classification of limited liability companies

Although its rules are complex, the publication of Revenue Procedure 95-10 will substantially facilitate the use of LLCs in those states with statutes that permit significant flexibility in the structuring of LLCs. Previously, the only way to assure that LLCs in those states would be classified as partnerships for income tax purposes was to obtain a private letter ruling from the IRS, often resulting in lengthy delays. The new revenue procedure should provide sufficient guidance in the vast majority of cases to allow tax counsel to determine the appropriate treatment for tax purposes without having to seek an IRS private letter ruling.     

论统筹区域发展的财政税收立法

统筹区域发展是艰巨、复杂、长期的事业,亟需以科学发展观为指导,借鉴国际经验,以法律来保障其实施。现行财政税收法律在统筹区域发展上存在不足,需要从立法宗旨和基本原则、立法结构和主要内容、法律执行、法律监督以及法律责任等几方面共同构建统筹区域发展的财政税收法律。     

税收法治的现实差距与对策

改革开放以来,我国的税收法治建设有了很大的进步。由于税收主体观念错误、税法体系不完善、税收执法不严等主要因素存在,与税收法治的目标有很大差距。文章从完善立法、加强执法和法律监督等几方面提出了具体的对策,以推进我国税收法治建设。     

Why are countries reluctant to exchange information on interest income? Participation in and effectiveness of the EU Savings Tax Directive

Since 1.7.2005 the EU Savings Tax Directive has ensured a minimum of taxation on foreign interest income by offering participating countries the opportunity either to apply a withholding tax or to exchange information on cross-border interest income. The aim of the paper is to examine why countries do not exchange information on interest income. The results suggest that the incentive to exchange information is weakened if the financial sector in a country is very profitable. A high profitability of the financial sector enables countries to maximize revenues from the corporation tax. A second reason for discouraging information exchange is related to the spillover effects on the domestic labor market. An inflow of financial capital is indirectly associated with the creation of employment and well-paid jobs. In its current form the savings tax directive enables individuals to avoid taxation, either by placing their income in non-participating countries or by investing in assets which are not part of the directive. Using German revenue data for 2005 and 2006 the paper shows that Germany receives significantly less revenue from countries applying a withholding tax. This result indirectly indicates that investors can take advantage of the directive's loopholes.     

Tax Fraud and Selective Law Enforcement

This article presents a new conceptual framework for research into tax fraud and law enforcement. Informed by research approaches from across tax law, public economics, criminology, criminal justice, economics of crime, and regulatory theory, it assesses the effectiveness, and the legitimacy, of current approaches to combating tax fraud, bringing new dimensions to previously identified trends in crime control. It argues that, whilst the last decade has witnessed a significant intensification of measures that purportedly target tax fraud, preference has been consistently given to enforcement measures that maximize revenue gains rather than combat the fraud itself, even where the effect is to aggravate the non-revenue costs of tax fraud. These developments demonstrate a significant shift from tax fraud suppression to tax fraud management. The article concludes that this shift not only undermines tax equity and overall tax compliance, but also leads to selective tax enforcement, thus representing a significant risk to the rule of law.