The Impact of Corporate Income Tax on Gross Domestic Product - The Case of the Republic of Serbia

Abstract

The importance of certain tax forms for the economy of any country is confirmed by the fact that they can be used to impact on the achievement of fiscal aims as they play a significant role when it comes to their share in a total amount of public revenue of certain countries. Another important characteristic of taxes is that they can affect the trends of gross domestic product (GDP) as one of the most important economic indicators of achieved development of a national economy. It is for this reason that we must point out that the authors will pay special attention to determining the impact that corporate income tax has on trends of gross domestic product in the Republic of Serbia and their interdependency. This will provide an answer to a question whether corporate income taxes have a positive effect on gross domestic product trends and what is its relation with this indicator. On the basis of quantitative research, through the application of regression analysis, the authors will confirm or refute the hypothesis concerning this problem. Finally, we will reach a conclusion which will offer answers to questions related to the impact of this tax type tax on the gross domestic product trends, the extent of the impact and its nature – whether it has a positive or a negative effect on gross domestic product trends in the Republic of Serbia

Corporate income tax and the race to the bottom phenomenon

“…The fiscal impact of CIT on economic expansion is the primary focus in many books that delve into business tax. Đurović Todorović et al (2020) scrutinized the influence of Serbia's CIT on the country's economic growth. They concluded that an increase in CIT positively affects the economy's growth (Đurović Todorović et al, 2020, p. 321).…”