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Taxpayer Disclosure and Penalty Laws

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  • Beck, Paul J
  • Davis, Jon S
  • Jung, Woon-Oh

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The consequences of a penalty exemption available to U.S. taxpayers who disclose aggressive reporting positions is examined via a game theoretic model. Results indicate that (i) the tax agency's expected revenue collections (net of audit costs) decline under the disclosure exemption, and (ii) the impact of disclosure regulations depends on the taxpayer's type. Of particular interest, we find that taxpayers who are likely to prevail on an uncertain issue decrease their expected payments although they do not disclose in equilibrium. The impact on the amount of resources absorbed by the tax collection process is also examined. Copyright 2000 by Blackwell Publishing Inc.

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  • Beck, Paul J & Davis, Jon S & Jung, Woon-Oh, 2000. "Taxpayer Disclosure and Penalty Laws," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 2(2), pages 243-272.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jpbect:v:2:y:2000:i:2:p:243-72
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    7. Stefan Dodds, 2002. "Privacy And Endogenous Monitoring Choice When Private Information Is A Public Good," Working Paper 1010, Economics Department, Queen's University.
    8. Jordi Caballé & Ariadna Dumitrescu, 2016. "Disclosure of Corporate Tax Reports, Tax Enforcement, and Insider Trading," Working Papers 911, Barcelona School of Economics.
    9. Brushwood, James D. & Johnston, Derek M. & Lusch, Stephen J., 2018. "The effect of tax audit outcomes on the reporting and valuation of unrecognized tax benefits," Advances in accounting, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 1-11.
    10. Blaufus, Kay & Hundsdoerfer, Jochen & Jacob, Martin & Sünwoldt, Matthias, 2016. "Does legality matter? The case of tax avoidance and evasion," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 182-206.
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