In this paper, we disentangle tax revenue forecast errors into influences stemming from wrong macroeconomic assumptions and false predictions of the elasticities linking the tax base to its corresponding tax type. Across six tax types and the overall tax sum for Germany, we find a heterogeneous...

Time series analysis is a crucial tool for predicting how reinsurance revenues will be used. Reinsurance businesses must be aware of the estimated future values of claims in order to minimise the substantial losses brought on by predicted future claims. The potential values of anticipated claims...

We investigate the disciplining role of analysts’ revenue forecasts on firms’ discretionary revenues. We analyze quarterly data and three-year window around the initiation of analysts’ revenue forecasts reported in IBES. Our study shows a decrease in the magnitude of discretionary revenues...

State tax revenue forecasting is critical to states’ fiscal planning because many states have constitutions or laws that require a balanced budget and restrict borrowing to fund deficits. We present three main findings about state tax revenue growth forecasts and state-specific aggregate...

This paper calculates accurate estimates of income and payroll taxes using a groundbreaking set of linked survey and administrative tax data that are part of the Comprehensive Income Dataset (CID). We compare our estimates to survey imputations produced by the Census Bureau and those generated...

Today, due to the growth of the E-commerce industry, forecasting revenues for online sellers is of paramount importance to investors. Globally, there are E-commerce seller aggregators such as Thrasio and Perch that acquire online sellers. For online sellers to succeed, they must carefully plan...

In this paper, we disentangle tax revenue forecast errors into influences stemming from wrong macroeconomic assumptions and false predictions of the elasticities linking the tax base to its corresponding tax type. Across six tax types and the overall tax sum for Germany, we find a heterogeneous...

This paper examines the effect of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on the level of capital gains realizations and tax revenue under a variety of behavioral assumptions. Independent investigations by Feldstein, Slemrod, and Yitzhaki, the Department of Treasury. Lindsey, Auten and Clotfelter, and...

In this paper, we disentangle tax revenue forecast errors into influences stemming from wrong macroeconomic assumptions and false predictions of the elasticities linking the tax base to its corresponding tax type. Across six tax types and the overall tax sum for Germany, we find a heterogeneous...

In recent months, the governors of several states have suffered major political embarrassments because actual revenues fell, substantially short of the predictions in their respective budgets. Such episodes focus attention on the question of whether states do a "good" job of forecasting...

We investigate the disciplining role of analysts’ revenue forecasts on firms’ discretionary revenues. We analyze quarterly data and find evidence that initiation of analysts’ revenue forecasts reported in IBES is associated with a decrease in the magnitude of discretionary revenues. Our...

Critics of Governor Michael Dukakis have suggested that this year?s $400 million overestimate of tax revenues in Massachusetts casts doubt on his putative managerial skills. In this paper, we carefully examine the entire Dukakis forecasting record. We find that the 1988 experience was "unusual?...

Some economists have argued that the disincentive effects of marginal tax rate increases in the 1980s caused revenue to rise by less than had been anticipated. To evaluate the hypothesis, this paper considers OMB revenue forecasts and forecast errors for the period 1982-93. If the revenue gains...

We forecast New York state tax revenues with a mixed-frequency model using a number of machine learning techniques. We found boosting with two dynamic factors extracted from a select list of New York and U.S. leading indicators did best in terms of correctly updating revenues for the fiscal year...

Robust forecasting of mining sector revenues is key to effective budgeting (and broader fiscal management) in many resource-rich countries. However, this is challenging in practice, given commodity market volatility, the extended lags (and often opaque processes) between resource discoveries and...

This paper calculates accurate estimates of income and payroll taxes using a groundbreaking set of linked survey and administrative tax data that are part of the Comprehensive Income Dataset (CID). We compare our estimates to survey imputations produced by the Census Bureau and those generated...

This paper attempts to extend the theoretical and empirical methodology employed in previous literature, by proposing a utility maximization process to estimate the optimal tax revenue from a sample of 30 countries. It is shown that an optimal tax system is defined solely by two crucial...

Nach der IMK-Steuerschätzung steigen die Steuereinnahmen bis 2022 anhaltend kräftig mit jährlichen Zuwachsraten über 4%. Das Steueraufkommen beträgt 912,8 Mrd. Euro im Jahr 2022, also 23,2 Mrd. Euro mehr als der Arbeitskreis "Steuerschätzungen" im November 2017 prognostiziert hat. Diese...

Der Arbeitskreis "Steuerschätzungen" hat seine Steueraufkommensprognosen leicht nach oben revidiert. Ausschlaggebend waren die geänderte Einschätzung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Lage durch die Bundesregierung und der gute Verlauf des Steueraufkommens der vergangenen Monate. Sie dürfte in...

Die Steuereinnahmen werden auch in den kommenden Jahren weiter spürbar zulegen. In diesem Jahr fällt der Zuwachs wegen Steuerrechtsänderungen und Sondereffekten mit 2 % jedoch gering aus. Im Jahr 2021 dürften die gesamten Steuereinnahmen nur geringfügig unter dem im November 2016 vom...

Wie steht es um die Qualität der Schätzungen der direkten Bundessteuer durch die Eidgenössische Steuerverwaltung (ESTV) und die Finanzverwaltung (EFV)? Die KOF hat im Auftrag der beiden Verwaltungen deren Einnahmeprognosen einer Analyse unterzogen. Die Überprüfung der Schätzmethode der...

Aus der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Prognose des IMK resultieren bei den Steuereinnahmen in den Jahren 2016 bis 2020 deutliche Mehreinnahmen im Vergleich zu den Ergebnissen des Arbeitskreises "Steuerschätzungen" vom November 2015. Angesichts großer fiskalischer Herausforderungen kommt das...