| Autor: Francesco De Domenico | 35 |
Strony: 35-40
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Summary
In the context of public finance a country’s taxation plays a vital role that we can say an individual’s choice of residence and a company’s choice of domicile are heavily influenced by the level of taxation. Fiscal federalism is a new model of public finance that allows economically developed countries to compete in the challenge for efficiency that plays and will play more and more a central role in its future economic development. From a socio-political viewpoint, the choice of a federal system over that of a centralised system has been justified by a series of reasons that can be summed up as follows: a) efficient allocation of resources; b) greater assumption of responsibility by local administrators; c) reduction of wasteful public spending; d) reduction of tax evasion; e) achievement of the so-called benefit principle; f) greater democratic choices; g) greater tax competition among local authorities. Alongside these positive aspects, the introduction of fiscal federalism could bring with it risks that need to be adequately evaluated. For example an increase in the tax burden and the risk that fiscal federalism will increase the gap between richer and poorer regions. Therefore, without an effective equalization mechanism, which needs to be supplied by the State, the economic gap will continue to grow and the number of young people emigrating from the poorer regions to richer ones will rise steeply. The aim of this paper is to discuss the effect of fiscal federalism on Italy.
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In the context of public finance a country’s taxation plays a vital role that we can say an individual’s choice of residence and a company’s choice of domicile are heavily influenced by the level of taxation. Fiscal federalism is a new model of public finance that allows economically developed countries to compete in the challenge for efficiency that plays and will play more and more a central role in its future economic development. From a socio-political viewpoint, the choice of a federal system over that of a centralised system has been justified by a series of reasons that can be summed up as follows: a) efficient allocation of resources; b) greater assumption of responsibility by local administrators; c) reduction of wasteful public spending; d) reduction of tax evasion; e) achievement of the so-called benefit principle; f) greater democratic choices; g) greater tax competition among local authorities. Alongside these positive aspects, the introduction of fiscal federalism could bring with it risks that need to be adequately evaluated. For example an increase in the tax burden and the risk that fiscal federalism will increase the gap between richer and poorer regions. Therefore, without an effective equalization mechanism, which needs to be supplied by the State, the economic gap will continue to grow and the number of young people emigrating from the poorer regions to richer ones will rise steeply. The aim of this paper is to discuss the effect of fiscal federalism on Italy.