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Explore the findings of the EBA Tax Index survey for Q2 2012, assessing tax legislation, administration, fiscal pressure, and service quality impacting business. The report includes median values and company size comparisons. Contact EBA for detailed insights.
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EBA Tax INDEX 2nd wave, results of the 2-3 quarter 2012 Conducted by the EBA with the support of InMind research company November2012
Project Methodology The presented results of EBA Tax Index are based on the results of the 2nd wave of the expert survey, conducted among EBA members. Methodology: EBA Tax Index means the evaluation of 4 factors of tax conditions for doing business: Evaluation of quality of the tax legislation Evaluation of complication/ease of the tax administration Evaluation of the fiscal pressure level Evaluation of quality of the tax service To define the level of each of the 4 factors a 5-point scale was used, where 1 and5are the extreme opposite evaluations of the factor. When calculating the integral tax index, means of each factor and its weight were used. Factors’ weights are defined by expert evaluations of EBA Tax Committee members: tax legislation– 15%; tax administration – 40%; fiscal pressure – 30%; quality of tax service – 15%.
Report notice The results are presented by each of 4 factors, in particular: Mean of each factor Numeric value, which divides the upper half of the sample from the lower part (median) The results are also segmented by company size in accordance to Commercial Code of Ukraine: Small enterprises: 50 or less employees, gross income – less than UAH 70 million during the financial year 2011 Medium enterprises: 50 to 250 employees, gross income – UAH 70 to 100 million during the financial year 2011 Large enterprises: more than 250 employees, gross income – більше UAH 100 million during the financial year 2011 Participants: 59 representatives of EBA member companies Timeframes: the data is collected in October-November 2012 and reflects the situation in 2-3 quarter 2012 Research Conduction: The research is conducted by the EBA, analytic support provided byInMind research company
Overall results Minimum Index value – 1, maximum – 5.
EBA Tax INDEX: Components
Tax Legislation Negative values Question: To what extent tax regime was facilitating investments and your company’s activity in 2-3 quarter 2012? Evaluations by 5-point scale with extreme values: 1 –tax regime was profoundly preventing your company’s progress: 5 – tax regime was definitely promoting your company’s business progress Neutral value Positive values Mean 2,32 Median 2,00 Means of evaluation of tax legislation depending on the enterprise size
Ease of Tax Administration Negative values Question: Could you, please evaluate the complication/easiness of tax accounting and tax administration in 2-3 quarter 2012? Neutral value Evaluations by 5-point scale with extreme values: 1 – verycomplicated 5 – veryeasy Positive values Mean 2,32 Median 2,00 Means of evaluation of ease of tax administration depending on the enterprise size
Fiscal Pressure Negative values Question: Could you, please evaluate fiscal pressure on your company in 2-3 quarter 2012? Evaluations by 5-point scale with extreme values: 1 – fiscal pressure caused significant difficulties in company’s activity 5 – there were no signs of fiscal pressure at all in the activity of the company Neutral value Positive values Mean 2,56 Median 3,00 Means of evaluation of the fiscal pressure leveldepending on the enterprise size
Tax Service Question: Could you please estimate the quality of the service your company received from tax bodies in 2-3 quarter 2012 ( by the quality of the service you should understand the stuffs’ affability and competence, the transparency of the received answers, the operational efficiency and convenience of the declaration submitting process etc.)? Negative values Neutral value Evaluations by 5-point scale with extreme values: 1 – complete dissatisfaction by the quality of the received service 5 – complete satisfaction by the received service Positive values Mean 2,53 Median 3,00 Means of evaluation of the tax servicedepending on the enterprise size
EBA Tax INDEX: Auxiliary Indicators
Effective Tax Rate: Tax Reform Impact Change of the effective tax rate in 2-3 quarter 2012 Increased Reduced Definition: Effective tax rate – ratio of the income as to the financial accounting and the income as to the tax report
Fiscal Pressure Manifestation Which evidence of the fiscal pressure have you experienced in 2-3 quarter 2012? Number of tax inspections in your company in 2-3 quarter 2012 No inspections 7 and more inspections
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