Personal Income Tax Reform in Lithuania: Macroeconomic and Welfare Implications
In this paper, the economic impact of the 2006–2008 personal income tax (PIT) reform in Lithuania is analyzed applying model-based simulations. We find that the undertaken PIT reform is unsustainable as it leads to permanent government budget deficits and ever increasing public debt. This result holds even allowing for endogenous reduction in tax evasion. After introducing permanent compensatory fiscal measures ensuring long-term sustainability of the PIT reduction, we demonstrate that the lower PIT produces higher output and lower prices in the long run. Higher domestic spending is supported by higher employment and after-tax wages. Moreover, following a reduction in the marginal production costs, producer prices fall enhancing economy’s international competitiveness and boosting domestic exports. Pre-announcement of the tax reform implies early macroeconomic reaction, and thus in most cases smoother adjustment of the economy to the tax change.
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| Length: | 35 pages |
| Date of creation: | 01 Dec 2008 |
| Handle: | RePEc:lie:wpaper:2 |
| Contact details of provider: | Postal: Bank of Lithuania Gedimino pr. 6, LT-01103 Vilnius, Lithuania Phone: 22 40 08 Fax: 22 15 01 Web page: http://www.lbank.lt/ Email: More information through EDIRC
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