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Zróżnicowanie fiskalnych skutków polityki podatkowej gmin w Polsce w zakresie podatku od środków transportowych
The differences in fiscal results of municipal tax policies concerning vehicle tax

Author(s): Paweł Felis, Henryk Rosłaniec
Subject(s): National Economy, Economic policy
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: municipal tax governance; local tax policy; local taxes; vehicle tax; lowering the upper tax rates

Summary/Abstract: The article concentrates on vehicle tax, which is interesting not only due to its efficiency, but also high mobility of the tax base. The study aims to examine the correlation between fiscal results and municipal policies, from the perspective of such criteria as the type of municipality and taxpayer category. The study is based on correlation analysis, in which Pearson’s independence test and Spearman’s rho coefficient are used. The results confirm that the tested correlations do exist. Municipal tax policy influences tax revenues of the studied tax, though the results in each unit are different between the current and later periods. Moreover, in the case of vehicle tax, municipal authorities’ main action was to lower the upper tax rates. For municipalities in which these relations were the most visible, econometric models were built. These illustrate the effects of tax policy in relation to certain taxpayer categories.

  • Issue Year: 18/2017
  • Issue No: 68
  • Page Range: 88-118
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: English, Polish