VYBRANÉ ASPEKTY KAUZALITY DANOVÉ INCIDENCE

• Published in: E+M ekonomie a management 2013-10, Vol.16 (4), p.158
• Main Authors: Hájek, Ladislav, Hamplová, Eva, Jedlicka, Pavel, Kovárnik, Jaroslav
• Format: Article
• Language: cze ; slo
• Subjects: Direct taxes; Fiscal policy; Studies; VAT
• ISSN: 1212-3609; 2336-5064

Tax could be defined as mandatory, irreversible, non-purpose, non-equivalent payment into the public budget. There are two important types of taxes in every tax system, namely direct and indirect taxes. This article is focused on important part of current tax theory and tax policy which explains tax incidence as a phenomenon following the taxes from the very beginning. The factors influencing the opinions on the tax system equity are important for the analysis of the impacts of taxes on the taxpayer. The analysis is based on the quantitative measurement through the tax collection and efficiency of this collection into the state budget. This article is focused on the qualitative analysis where the factors of tax incidence are to find, due to the opinions of the respondents of the questionnaire. The important role for the responses assessment and drawing of the conclusions has the level of economic, precisely tax literacy among the respondents. The analysis of this literacy is second important part of this article. Analyzed issue is part of broader context which is solved within the project of specific research of team from Department of Economics, Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Králové, called "The Causalities of Tax Incidence". The aim of this project is to identify the key factors of tax incidence and their scope according the different groups of inhabitants. This article also deals with value added tax as the most important indirect tax and its position in tax system of the Czech Republic, while the too high rates of this tax are considered as significant problems among the respondents of analysed questionnaire. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]