Tax Incentives In Cambodia

Download or read book Tax Incentives in Cambodia written by Mr.Manuk Ghazanchyan and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cambodia, like its regional peers, offers a number of tax incentives to investors. This paper reviews these incentives to assess their costs and benefits, including their likely effectiveness in attracting capital and in supporting the diversification strategy. It finds that an important incentive, the tax holiday, differs materially from practice elsewhere in offering a deferral rather than exempting from tax and may not be very effective. Moreover, other features of the tax system, such as the high withholding rate on dividends, imply relatively high effective tax rates for foreign investors. The paper discusses potential reforms that weigh revenue and other costs of tax incentives against the need for a competitive tax system, including a shift from tax holidays toward investment allowances.