Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/229246 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2020/22
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Robust forecasting of mining sector revenues is key to effective budgeting (and broader fiscal management) in many resource-rich countries. However, this is challenging in practice, given commodity market volatility, the extended lags (and often opaque processes) between resource discoveries and fiscal yields, and the heterogeneity of taxable entities within the sector. Such issues are exacerbated by capacity deficits: quantitative sector assessment frameworks are seldom employed or maintained by revenue authorities. In contrast, commercial mining entities typically have well-developed tools for analysing future cash flows and profitability. This paper identifies considerable scope to strengthen public revenue forecasts by drawing more heavily on industry best practices and data sources, including through bottom-up analysis of the tax base and a more rigorous approach to modelling key uncertainty drivers.
Subjects: 
Lateinamerika
Latin America
Unternehmensbesteuerung
Company taxation
JEL: 
H20
H25
L72
N50
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-779-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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