Luigi Bernardi

Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in Europe

Part One: A General Picture of European Tax Systems and the Main Topics in Tax Reforms 1. A Comparative View of Selected European Countries Luca Gandullia 2. Rationale and Open Issues of more Radical Reforms Luigi Bernardi 3. Public Finance and Political Economies in Tax Design and Reforms Paola Profeta 4. Reducing Fiscal Pressure Under the Stability Pact Fedele De Novellis and Salvatore Parlato Part Two: National Case Studies of European Tax Systems and Tax Reforms Luca Gandullia Co-Editor 5. France Simona Scabrosetti 6. Germany Giorgia C. Maffini 7. Ireland Alessandro Sommacal 8. Italy Luigi Bernardi 9. Spain Davide Tondani 10. The Netherlands Graziano Abrate 11. The United Kingdom Giuseppe Migali

Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in Latin America

FOREWORD Tax systems and tax reforms in Latin America VITO TANZI, PART I A general picture of tax systems and tax reforms in Latin America, 1. Taxation structure and main tax policy issues JUAN CARLOS GoMEZ SABAINI and RICARDO MARTNER, 2. An outline of tax systems and tax reforms FRANCESCO FIGARI and LUCA GANDULLIA, 3. Political economy issues of taxation PAOLA PROFETA and SIMONA SCABROSETTI, 4. Corporate tax systems and policies for attracting FDI GIORGIA MAFFINI and ANNA MARENZI 5. Fiscal Havens in Latin America and the Caribbean JEFFREY OWENS and ALESSANDRA SANELLI PART II Country studies of tax systems and tax reforms in Latin America 6. Argentina MARTIN BeS 7. Brazil JOSe ROBERTO AFONSO and RAFAEL BARROSO 8. Chile MATTEO COMINETTA 9. Colombia LUIGI BERNARDI, ELENA FUMAGALLI and LAURA FUMAGALLI 10. Costa Rica JORGE CORNICK, ERIC THOMPSON and ADRIAN TORREALBA 11. Mexico DANIEL ALVAREZ 12. Paraguay CATERINA FERRARIO 13. Uruguay ALBERTO BARREIX and JERoNIMO ROCA