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Revenue Statistics in Asian Countries: Trends in Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore is a joint publication by the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration and the OECD Development Centre. It presents detailed, internationally comparable data on tax revenues for seven Asian economies, two of which (Korea and Japan) are OECD members. Its approach is based on the well-established methodology of the OECD Revenue Statistics, which has become an essential reference source for OECD member countries. Comparisons are also made with the average for OECD economies and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries.
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Revenue Statistics in Asian Countries provides internationally comparable data on tax levels and tax structures for seven Asian countries: Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. It also includes a special feature, which discusses the development of information and communications technology (ICT) in tax administrations in Asia.
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In light of the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, awareness of the need to mobilise government revenue in developing countries to fund public goods and services is increasing. Taxation provides a predictable and sustainable source of government revenue, in contrast with declining development assistance and the volatility of non-tax revenues with respect to commodity prices.
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The level of tax revenues in an economy is influenced by tax policy and tax administration as well as the level of taxpayer compliance and government enforcement. Developments in information and communication technology (ICT) in recent decades, both for electronic filing and payment of taxes, have presented many opportunities for revenue bodies to increase government revenue, improve efficiency, and enhance the quality of services delivered to taxpayers, while at the same time reducing taxpayer compliance burden and government administration costs, and improving enforcement.
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