Feasibility of Taxing the Informal Sector: A Survey with Reflections on Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorRutasitara, Longinus
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-11T14:17:23Z
dc.date.available2016-05-11T14:17:23Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses the feasibility of mobilising tax revenue from the informal sector in a developing country context where the informal sector is growing but is largely going un-taxed. The expansion of the tax base may be enhanced by supporting the productive capacities of the informal sector activities through innovative formalisation interventions that seek to break the growth-constraints faced by more enterprising informal sector operators. While the impact of tax rates and tax administration on the informal sector is better understood (shared with formal small and medium enterpises to some extent), more research is needed about the determinants of tax non-compliance of the sector. Because of the heterogeneity of the sector, it is proposed that in studying the impact of formalisation interventions and the tax compliance behaviour selection be made of specific activities (informal sector sub-sectors) for better management of research and design and implementation of tax regimes for the informal sector.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1979
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherZambia Journal of Social Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 3, No. 1: 23-44;
dc.subjectInformal sectoren_US
dc.subjectFormalisation interventionsen_US
dc.subjectTax policyen_US
dc.subjectDeveloping Countriesen_US
dc.titleFeasibility of Taxing the Informal Sector: A Survey with Reflections on Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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