Client: Cardedeu City Council (Ajuntament de Cardedeu)
Summary: The goal of this report is to make a proposal in order to improve the progressivity of the city’s taxes, so the council moves towards a fairer and more distributive tax system. The first section describes a taxing theoretical framework, its progressivity and studies the available fiscal tools to meet the council’s objectives. The second section analyses the tax burden and progressivity in Cardedeu while the third one analyses the inhabitants’ income levels and inequality in the municipality. Finally, the report concludes with a proposal to improve tax progressivity in the city.
Date: 2017
November 7, 2018