Planeamento fiscal e reestruturação empresarial: análise dos ordenamentos jurídicos português e brasileiro

Dissertação de mestrado em Direito Tributário e Fiscal

Renúncia de receita tributária: o caso do estado do Pará

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar o instituto da renúncia de receita tributária. A prática de conceder benefícios fiscais que importem em renúncia de receita é consagrada internacionalmente para auxiliar o desenvolvimento de segmentos econômicos estratégicos, regiões desfavorecidas e grupos de contribuintes, mas não deve ocorrer de forma indiscriminada, pois pode afetar o equilíbrio das contas públicas. É nesse pressuposto que se baseia a doutrina do tax expenditure ou, como chamamos no Brasil, gasto tributário, que equipara, para fins exclusivamente orçamentários, as perdas de arrecadação decorrentes de renúncias aos gastos governamentais. No âmbito nacional, a preocupação com a quantificação e controle sobre os gastos tributários encontra assento na Constituição Federal de 1988, que determina em seu art. 165, § 6º, que o projeto de lei orçamentária será acompanhado de demonstrativo regionalizado do efeito das receitas renunciadas. A temática da renúncia de receita ganhou maior notoriedade com o advento da Lei Complementar nº 101, de 04 de maio de 2000, chamada de Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal, que estabelece normas de finanças públicas voltadas para a responsabilidade na gestão fiscal; adota o conceito internacionalmente consagrado de renúncia de receita como gasto tributário e impõe diretrizes rigorosas para a concessão de benefícios tributários que acarretem renúncia de receita; e incorpora aos instrumentos de planejamento orçamentário os efeitos financeiros das renúncias de receita. Além dos requisitos constantes na Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal e da observância do disposto no art. 165 da Constituição Federal, a concessão de exonerações tributárias deve sempre se coadunar com a promoção do bem-estar social, ou seja, para a concessão ou ampliação de incentivos tributários que importem em renúncia de receita é necessário que haja um interesse público justificador do ato, que confira legitimidade à renúncia. Além da abordagem teórica do instituto em questão, a presente pesquisa destina-se a verificar, no caso concreto, a utilização que o Estado do Pará faz desse instituto.

Política fiscal y ciclo en América Latina: el rol de los gobiernos subnacionales

El presente trabajo analiza el rol de los gobiernos subnacionales (GSNs) en la política fiscal de los países más descentralizados de América Latina durante la última década. Esta extensión del análisis al nivel subnacional resulta de gran importancia, teniendo en cuenta que crecientemente gobiernos intermedios y locales son responsables de una parte significativa de las finanzas públicas en la región. En particular, después de revisar la evolución de las finanzas subnacionales a lo largo de los últimos diez años, el trabajo analiza el carácter cíclico de las cuentas públicas y si el comportamiento fiscal se puede caracterizar como pro o contracíclico y las causas de esto. Para ello, se analizan tanto la postura macro y la sostenibilidad de la política fiscal subnacional así como también la evolución de la composición de ingresos y gastos en los diferentes países. El análisis sugiere que, en promedio, las finanzas subnacionales han sido pro-cíclicas durante el periodo, a pesar del hecho que los impulsos fiscales subnacionales han sido relativamente pequeños, en comparación con los de los presupuestos de los gobiernos centrales.

Getting the most out of every tax dollar : government management and budget 1992 : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, February 6, 1992.

Shipping list no.: 93-0637-P.

Management of tax reverted lands in Oregon.

Mode of access: Internet.

1981-82 miscellaneous tax bills III : hearing before the Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, on S. 388, S. 446, S. 464, S. 476, S. 499, S. 500, S. 501, March 30, 1981

Item 1038-A, 1038-B (microfiche)

Tuition tax relief bills : hearings before the Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management Generally of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session on ... January 18, 19, and 20, 1978

Hearings on S. 96, 311, 834, 954, 1570, 1781, and 2142

Tuition tax credits : hearings before the Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session

Item 1038-A, 1038-B (microfiche)

1983-84 miscellaneous tax bills : hearing before the Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session ...

Description based on pt.1.

Expiring cigarette excise tax provisions : hearing before the Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, September 10, 1985.

"September 16, 1985"--Pt. 2.

Earnings management in response to the introduction of the Australian gold tax

Earnings from gold mining in Australia remained tax-exempt for almost seven decades until January 1, 1991. In the early 1980s, rapid economic prosperity induced by escalated gold prices brought the Australian gold-mining industry under intense political scrutiny. Using a variant of the modified Jones model, this paper provides evidence of significant downward earnings management by Australian gold-mining firms, which is consistent with their attempts to mitigate political costs during the period from June 1985 to May 1988. In contrast, test of earnings management over a similar period in a control sample of Canadian gold-mining firms produced insignificant results. Further, empirical results are robust to several sensitivity tests performed. During the period from June 1988 to December 1990, the Australian firms were found to have engaged in economic earnings management. This is consistent with the sample firms' incentive of maximizing economic earnings immediately prior to the introduction of income tax on gold mining. The findings of this study help to understand the impact of earnings management on the efficient resource allocation in an economy. They also contribute toward understanding the linkage between regulation of accounting for special purposes and general-purpose financial. reporting.

Tax Cost of Investment Projects: the case of ICMS credits

This article discusses the impact on the profitability of firms under Complementary Law 102/2000 (which abrogated the Law 89/96 - Kandir Law) allowing the appropriation of ICMS credits, due to investment in fixed assets goods, at a ratio of 1/48 per month. The paper seeks to demonstrate how this new system - which resulted in the transformation of the ICMS as a value added tax (VAT) consumption-type to an income-type - leads to a loss of approximately 30% of the value of credits to be recovered and the effect it generates on the cost of investment and the profits for small, medium and large firms. From the methodological point of view, it is a descriptive and quantitative research, which proceeded in three stages. Initially, we have obtained estimated value of net sales and volume of investments, based on report Painel de Competitividade prepared by the Federacao das Indtustrias do Estado de Sao Paulo (Fiesp/Serasa). Based on this information, it was possible to obtain estimates of the factors of generation of debits and credits for ICMS, using the model Credit Control of Fixed Assets (CIAP). Finally, we have calculated three indicators: (i) present value of debt recovery/value of credits, (ii) present value of debt recovery / investment value, (iii) present value of debt recovery / sales profitability. We have conclude that the system introduced by Complementary Law 102/2000 implicates great opportunity cost for firms and that legislation should be reviewed from this perspective, aiming to ensure lower costs associated with investment projects.

Efficiency and quality in local government management: the case of Spanish local authorities

This study analyses efficiency levels in Spanish local governments and their determining factors through the application of DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) methodology. It aims to find out to what extent inefficiency arises from external factors beyond the control of the entity, or on the other hand, how much it is due to inadequate management of productive resources. The results show that on the whole, there is still a wide margin within which managers could increase local government efficiency levels, although it is revealed that a great deal of inefficiency is due to exogenous factors. It is specifically found that the size of the entity, per capita tax revenue, the per capita grants or the amount of commercial activity are some of the factors determining local government inefficiency.

Metadata For Identity Management of Population Registers

A population register is an inventory of residents within a country, with their characteristics (date of birth, sex, marital status, etc.) and other socio-economic data, such as occupation or education. However, data on population are also stored in numerous other public registers such as tax, land, building and housing, military, foreigners, vehicles, etc. Altogether they contain vast amounts of personal and sensitive information. Access to public information is granted by law in many countries, but this transparency is generally subject to tensions with data protection laws. This paper proposes a framework to analyze data access (or protection) requirements, as well as a model of metadata for data exchange.

Access Management Awareness Program Phase II Report, TR-402, 1997

This report presents the results of a number of detailed Iowa access management case studies. Case studies were selected to provide a cross-section of locations and community sizes in Iowa as well as a variety of project types. Generally, access management projects completed during the mid-1990s were chosen as case studies. Projects ranging from driveway consolidation to full raised medians were analyzed on a before and after basis in terms of traffic safety, traffic operations, and adjacent business vitality. Sources of information used for the case study analysis included: road project files; traffic accident records; state sales tax records; and personal interviews of business owners, business customers, and local officials. The case study results from Iowa essentially confirm results of previous access management research from around the nation. Recent access in Iowa had significant, positive impacts in terms of traffic safety. The average reduction of annual accidents and accident rates on improved roadways was approximately 40%. Improvements in access management also led to significantly better roadway operations for most case studies. Although a small number of individual businesses do report sales losses and/or customer complaints once projects have been completed, access management projects in Iowa have not had an adverse impact on the majority of businesses located along them. In fact, some access management projects in Iowa seem to have contributed to an improved business environment along the corridors that have been improved. The results from the Iowa case studies presented in this report will be used to develop access management education materials for Iowa transportation professionals and other audiences interested in the impacts of access management.