What is the scale of behavioural effects to tax policy changes across the economy, and how do these vary by tax?

Background

Our aim is to assess how Scottish taxpayers respond to tax policy changes in order to improve compliance, minimise fraud and improve the overall impact of tax changes.

Next steps

Get in touch with taxdivisionengagement@gov.scot

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Scotlands tax strategy building tax principles

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