Do Audits Deter or Provoke Future Tax Noncompliance? : Evidence on Self-employed Taxpayers /

This paper employs unique tax administrative data and operational audit information from a sample of approximately 7,500 self-employed U.S. taxpayers to investigate the effects of operational tax audits on future reporting behavior. Our estimates indicate that audits can have substantial deterrent o...

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1. Verfasser: Beer, Sebastian
Weitere Verfasser: Erard, Brian, Kasper, Matthias, Kirchler, Erich
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/223
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF
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