Journal of Tax Reform
Research on tax risks in the development of the New Silk Road
Ma Caichen, Shan Miao
School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Abstract
The paper is studying the tax risks of the Silk Road Economic Belt. Since President Xi Jinping proposed an initiative to jointly build the Silk Road Economic Belt in 2013 when he visited Kazakhstan, the process of regional cooperation on the Silk Road Economic Belt has been further accelerated. With the advancement of the economic and trade exchanges between China and the 16 countries along Silk Road, tax distribution relations have become complicated, and tax risks become an important issue that cannot be ignored. Based on the theory of international tax and using the comparative analysis and empirical analysis, the paper firstly studies the spatial scope of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the institutional environment of the countries along the route, and then mainly analyzes tax risks in the development of the Silk Road Economic Belt and their sources. The study has revealed that there exist large differences in the tax system among the 16 countries along the Silk Road and poor coordination in the tax system, especially in respect of corporate income tax. Coupled with the influence of language barriers, it is difficult for countries to grasp each other’s taxation policies and regulations in a timely and comprehensive manner. Finally, the paper proposes the path to prevent the risks of the Silk Road Economic Belt. The main conclusions are: the countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt have hugely different tax system and incomplete tax treaty system, implying big risks for Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS); the risk sources are that lack of tax collection and management capacity to adapt to international tax rules, and neither enterprises nor tax service departments pay due attention to tax risks; the countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt should optimize open and friendly taxation policies, promote tax coordination, and improve tax collection and management capacities to prevent tax risks.
Keywords
the Silk Road Economic Belt, tax risk, tax treaty, tax capacity
JEL classification
F15, H73Highlights
1. Regional economic cooperation is always accompanied by tax risks. Accordingly, to effectively prevent tax risks will become a booster for the prosperity and development of the Silk Road Economic Belt
2. There are three main tax risks in the development of Silk Road Economic Belt: differences in the tax system, the incompleteness of the tax treaty system, and the risks under the background of BEPS
3. Tax risks of the Silk Road Economic Belt mainly stem from two aspects. First, weak tax collection and management capacity, and second, lack of sufficient attention to tax risks
4. Based on the current development status and tax risks for Silk Road Economic Belt, strengthening the tax risks prevention can be respectively planned from three perspectives, including domestic tax system, international coordination, tax collection and management
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About Authors
Ma Caichen — PhD, Professor, School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, 300071, Tianjin, China); ORCID: 0000-0001-7331-7365; e-mail: mqynkjy@163.com
Shan Miao — PhD student, School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, 300071, Tianjin, China); ORCID: 0000-0002-9096-8175; e-mail: ms19930330@163.com
For citation
Ma Caichen, Shan Miao. Research on tax risks in the development of the New Silk Road. Journal of Tax Reform, 2018, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 250–265. DOI: 10.15826/jtr.2018.4.3.055
Article info
Received July 28, 2018; accepted September 23, 2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15826/jtr.2018.4.3.055
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