Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/32230 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods No. 2010,04
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the optimal observability of the tax base within the standard linear income tax problem, where observability is determined by the government’s investment into the accurate measurement of the tax base. We characterize the optimal level of observability and derive a new expression for the optimal progressivity, which in addition to the standard equity efficiency trade-off accounts for the limited accuracy of an income tax system.
Subjects: 
optimal linear income taxation
observability
tax enforcement
JEL: 
H21
H11
D8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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