Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/284214 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. 22/44
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
We show that delegating tax collection to large firms can help build tax capacity in weak-enforcement settings. We exploit two reforms in Argentina that dramatically expanded and subsequently reduced turnover tax withholding by firms. Combining firm-to-firm data with regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences methods around revenue eligibility thresholds we find that: (i) large firms appointed as collection agents (CAs) are not affected, (ii) firms commercially linked to CAs self-report more sales by 5.8 percent in response to higher withholding, (iii) firms respond symmetrically to a decrease in withholding by reporting lower sales. Tax-collecting firms can thus boost compliance and tax revenue.
Subjects: 
Taxation procedures
Companies
Tax morale
Tax revenue
Argentina
Developing countries
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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