{"id":165474,"date":"2022-01-31T20:47:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T15:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=165474"},"modified":"2022-01-31T20:49:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T15:19:05","slug":"for-the-finance-minister-to-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/for-the-finance-minister-to-note\/","title":{"rendered":"For the finance Minister to note"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">News: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">World Inequality Report 2022 has pointed out that India is now among the most unequal countries in the world<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Inequality today is as great as it was at the peak of western imperialism in the early 20th century. The pandemic has only worsened it. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What does the report says about the inequality in India?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Read <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/world-inequality-report-2022-worlds-most-extreme-inequality-increase-in-india\/\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nations have become richer, but governments have become poor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Global multimillionaires have captured a disproportionate share of global wealth growth over the past several decades. And companies continue to devise novel ways to escape the taxation. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What are the factors that may lead to an increase in inequality?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Government\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">have recently tried to <strong>lower the tax rates<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211; This reduces government revenue at a time of growing public deficit and declining public wealth. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211; Also, due to lower taxation on corporates, High-income individuals choose to incorporate their business so that they can shift income from personal income tax to corporate tax. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Further, there has been recently a lot of discussion around the issue of <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">global minimum taxation.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211; Around 130 countries had in July 2021 agreed for the introduction of the global minimum tax of 15% on MNC<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s. This is lower than what working class and middle-class people in high-income countries pay.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211; Most of the Big MNCs are working in the digital space like Metaverse, Microsoft, etc but as the digital access has not been equitable it will be a challenge to implement the proposed global minimum tax. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What are the possible positive implications of global minimum tax on India?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Read <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-india-stands-to-gain-from-the-proposed-global-minimum-tax\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What are the apprehensions regarding India joining the implementation of global minimum taxation?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Read <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-corporate-taxation-the-new-bare-minimum\/\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is the way forward?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The World Inequality Report suggested a minimum global tax on MNCs at 25%.<\/span> <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MNCs and their shareholders have been the main winners from globalisation. Their profits have boomed due to the ever-closer integration of world markets. Therefore, there is need for a socially conscious policymaking that supports equity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">This post is based on the article \u201c<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For the finance Minister to note<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d published in <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Hindu <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on <strong>31<sup>st<\/sup> Jan 2022<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: World Inequality Report 2022 has pointed out that India is now among the most unequal countries in the world. Inequality today is as great as it was at the peak of western imperialism in the early 20th century. The pandemic has only worsened it. \u00a0 What does the report says about the inequality in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/for-the-finance-minister-to-note\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">For the finance Minister to note<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10498],"class_list":["post-165474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704922968},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}