Different Types of Taxes on Economic Growth in China

Journal: Modern Economics & Management Forum DOI: 10.32629/memf.v3i2.781

Zhaoyuan Huang, Luxia Zhang, Keye Shen

Faculty of Business & Economics, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract

This study explores the relationship between taxes and economic growth in China. In addition, this paper further examines the impact of different taxes on economic growth. Multiple regression model was used into the study, according to the time series data which are from 1985 to 2016, the results show that: first, there is a positive correlation relationship between tax and economic growth.; second, VAT, BT can impact on GDP significantly, while, TARIFF, CIT would not significantly impact on GDP.

Keywords

taxes, economic growth, VAT, CIT, BT, TARIFFF

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