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Personal-Income-Tax Reforms and Effective-Tax Functions in China

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  • Rong Li
  • Guangrong Ma

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Using household-level data, we estimate the effective-income-tax function for China, that is, a nonlinear relationship between income and effective income tax rates. The estimated function can be used in a wide range of applied works in macroeconomics and public finance. In addition, using this function, we investigate the effects of tax exemption increases on properties of the personal income tax system. The main empirical result is that the effective-income-tax function becomes more progressive; however, the trend toward that was halted by tax exemption increases. Furthermore, variations in local progressivity indicate tax reforms had unequal impacts on the redistribution effects across income intervals. Furthermore, the tax reforms temporarily reduced horizontal inequality.

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  • Rong Li & Guangrong Ma, 2017. "Personal-Income-Tax Reforms and Effective-Tax Functions in China," FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 73(3), pages 317-340, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:mhr:finarc:urn:sici:0015-2218(201709)73:3_317:praefi_2.0.tx_2-n
    DOI: 10.1628/001522117X14932991128976
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    1. Kong, Dongmin & Wang, Yanan & Zhang, Jian, 2020. "Efficiency wages as gift exchange: Evidence from corporate innovation in China," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    2. Michael Christl & Andrea Papini & Alberto Tumino, 2020. "Heterogeneity in effective VAT rates across native and migrant households in France, Germany and Spain," JRC Working Papers on Taxation & Structural Reforms 2020-09, Joint Research Centre.

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    Keywords

    effective-income-tax function; tax exemption; tax progressivity; marginal tax rate; horizontal equity;
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    JEL classification:

    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
    • H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution

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