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Reglas de selección para la fiscalización de Impuestos a las Ventas

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  • Roberto José Arias

    (Universidad Nacional de La Plata (La Plata, Argentina). Ministerio de Economía de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina))

Abstract
El objetivo del documento es discutir la relevancia de los principales resultados de la literatura sobre reglas de auditoría óptima al caso de un impuesto a las ventas. Encontramos que las recomendaciones usuales de la literatura no son utilizadas por las Administraciones Tributarias. Esto sucede debido a que: i) hay una diferencia clave entre el objetivo teórico de las administraciones tributarias y los objetivos reales, ii) todos los modelos asumen que los contribuyentes conocen las reglas de auditorías, mientras que las mismas son en realidad secretas, iii) la mayoría de los modelos restringen la evasión a la sub-declaración de las ventas, iv) existen consideraciones practicas que dificultan la aplicación de reglas de auditoría óptimas. Concluimos que las reglas de auditoría optima consideran un aspecto usualmente descuidado por las Administraciones Tributarias: el efecto de las auditorías en las declaraciones juradas de los contribuyentes no auditados. / In this paper we discuss the relevance of the major results found on the literature about optimal auditing rules to the case of a commodity tax. We found out that literature’s usual recommendations are not applied by tax administrations. In our understanding, this happens because of: i) there is a key difference between the assumed objective (theoretical) of the tax administration and the actual objectives, ii) every model assumes that taxpayers know audit rules, when in fact they are kept confidential by the tax administration. iii) most models restrict tax evasion to underreporting, iv) there might be practical or non-economical issues that prevent tax administrations using optimal auditing rules. We conclude that optimal audit rules bring in a very important issue usually neglected when tax administrations design an auditing policy: the impact of the audit policy on the returns of non-audited taxpayers.

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  • Roberto José Arias, 2004. "Reglas de selección para la fiscalización de Impuestos a las Ventas," Revista de Economía y Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Economía y Finanzas, vol. 42(2), pages 29-62, Diciembre.
    • Handle: RePEc:ief:reveye:v:42:y:2004:i:2:p:29-62
    DOI: 10.55444/2451.7321.2004.v42.n2.3806
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    Keywords

    Impuesto a las ventas; reglas de auditoría;

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    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory

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