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Tax Evasion from Cross-Border Fraud: Does Digitalization Make a Difference?

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  • Emmanouil Kitsios
  • João Tovar Jalles
  • Ms. Genevieve Verdier

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How can governments reduce the prevalence of cross-border tax fraud? This paper argues that the use of digital technologies offers an opportunity to reduce fraud and increase government revenue. Using data on intra-EU and world trade transactions, we present evidence that (i) cross-border trade tax fraud is non-trivial and prevalent in many countries; (ii) such fraud can be alleviated by the use of digital technologies at the border; and (iii) potential revenue gains of digitalization from reducing trade fraud could be substantial. Halving the distance to the digitalization frontier could raise revenues by over 1.5 percent of GDP in low-income developing countries.

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  • Emmanouil Kitsios & João Tovar Jalles & Ms. Genevieve Verdier, 2020. "Tax Evasion from Cross-Border Fraud: Does Digitalization Make a Difference?," IMF Working Papers 2020/245, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:2020/245
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    1. Emmanuel Umoru Haruna & Usman Alhassan, 2022. "Does digitalization limit the proliferation of the shadow economy in African countries? An in‐depth panel analysis," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 34(S1), pages 34-62, July.
    2. Strango, Cristina, 2021. "Does digitalisation in public services reduce tax evasion?," MPRA Paper 106856, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Goel, Rajeev K. & Mazhar, Ummad, 2024. "Cryptocurrency use and tax collections: Direct and indirect channels of influence," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).

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