Petroleum Taxes : Trends in Fuel Taxes (and Subsidies) and the Implications

• Tác giả: Robert Bacon
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 553.28 Oil, oil shales, tar sands, natural gas
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 304212
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCOUNTING; 2. AUTOMOTIVE DIESEL; 3. COMMODITY TAXES; 4. CONSUMERS; 5. CRUDE OIL

Tóm tắt

Recent World Bank analysis shows that taxes on petroleum products are a critical source of government revenue for low-income countries. And if the experience of industrial countries serves as any guide, the rates of these taxes will have to rise sharply as low-income economies develop. But policymakers must be mindful of how taxes (and subsides) affect the relative prices of fuels, since too large a difference in process between products cab lead to fuel switching and adulteration, adversely affecting the government tax take and pollution levels.