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040 _aES-MaIEF
_bspa
_cES-MaIEF
041 _aeng
245 0 _aCasting a wider tax net
_bexperimental evidence from Costa Rica
_c by Anne Brockmeyer, Spencer Smith, Marco Hernández and Stewart Kettle
260 _c2019
500 _aResumen.
504 _aBibliografĂ­a.
520 _aThe majority of firms in developing countries are informal, yet even among registered firms, tax filing rates are low. We argue that non-filing of taxes among registered firms constitutes an important intermediate form of informality, which can be tackled cost-effectively. Using a randomized experiment in Costa Rica, we show that credible enforcement emails increased the tax payment rate (amount) by 3.4 p.p. (US$15) among previously non-filing firms. Emails that highlight third-party reports of a firm's transactions further increased compliance. The effect persisted over two years, and treated firms became more likely to report transactions with other firms, facilitating future tax enforcement.
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_aSOCIEDADES
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_aEMPRESAS
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_aIMPUESTOS
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_aDECLARACIONES TRIBUTARIAS
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_aCUMPLIMIENTO FISCAL
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_aCOSTA RICA
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_aBrockmeyer, Anne
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_oOP 2135/2019/3
_tAmerican Economic Journal. Economic Policy
_w(IEF)134825
_x 1945-7731
_g v. 11, n. 3, August 2019, p. 55-87
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