02117cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007563 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451974454 1934-7456 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Nellor, David. Tax Policy and the Asian Crisis / David Nellor. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (24 pages) IMF Policy Discussion Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper focuses on tax policy and the crisis in Asia in the context of globalization and technological change. Two sets of conclusions, specific tax reform measures and general lessons from the crisis, form the tax policy agenda on these issues. The complexity and volume of financial transactions, associated with the opening of emerging markets, have made tax administration a more challenging task. Just as strengthening financial systems must be a precursor to capital account liberalization, tax administrations clearly also require strengthening in such an environment. In many emerging markets the capacity to tax capital returns is limited. Tax administrators need to understand and monitor complex financial transactions that grew rapidly due both to financial sector liberalization and technological innovation. Traditional difficulties for tax administrators, such as transfer pricing, that had often been limited to natural resource sectors in developing economies, took on wider importance as local companies gained sophistication and developed offshore operations. Mode of access: Internet IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 1999/002 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/003/1999/002/003.1999.issue-002-en.xml IMF e-Library