<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The basic function of taxes is the fiscal function, which consists in collecting revenue by public authorities. The imposition of non-fiscal functions on taxes causes the weakening of their basic function. The purpose of the article is to present tax exemptions, as well as to assess the fiscal consequences of their application in excise duty in Poland in 2012-2016.</p><p>The Polish excise duty solutions provide for numerous tax exemptions, whereby it should be noted that a significant part are attributable to EU solutions resulting from harmonisation of this tax. In light of the conducted research, it may be concluded that the applied tax exemptions have a significant influence on fiscal efficiency (causing an average revenue decrease of approximately 7% during the examined period).</p></abstract>

The basic function of taxes is the fiscal function, which consists in collecting revenue by public authorities. The imposition of non-fiscal functions on taxes causes the weakening of their basic function. The purpose of the article is to present tax exemptions, as well as to assess the fiscal consequences of their application in excise duty in Poland in 2012-2016.The Polish excise duty solutions provide for numerous tax exemptions, whereby it should be noted that a significant part are attributable to EU solutions resulting from harmonisation of this tax. In light of the conducted research, it may be concluded that the applied tax exemptions have a significant influence on fiscal efficiency (causing an average revenue decrease of approximately 7% during the examined period).

Tax Exemptions in Excise Duty in the Context of Fiscal Efficiency

Financial Internet Quarterly

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The basic function of taxes is the fiscal function, which consists in collecting revenue by public authorities. The imposition of non-fiscal functions on taxes...

Tax Exemptions in Excise Duty in the Context of Fiscal Efficiency

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 47 - 57

Received: Mar 10, 2018

Accepted: Jun 20, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fiqf-2018-0011

Keywords
excise duty, tax exemptions, tax expenditures, fiscal efficiency

© 2018 Edyta Sygut, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Tax Exemptions in Excise Duty in the Context of Fiscal Efficiency

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 47 - 57

Received: Mar 10, 2018

Accepted: Jun 20, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fiqf-2018-0011

Keywordsexcise duty, tax exemptions, tax expenditures, fiscal efficiency

© 2018 Edyta Sygut, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
excise duty, tax exemptions, tax expenditures, fiscal efficiency