Taxation on robots? Challenges for tax policy in the era of automation

Abstract: The aim of this article is to discuss about the main issues related to the proposal of a robot tax. For this purpose, the first part briefly shows the current automation context in the world. The second part debates on how the tax could be justified, ranging from the threats of unemploymen...

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Autor principal: Ossandón Cerda,Francisco
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universidad de Chile/Facultad de Derecho. Centro de Estudios en Derecho Informático 2020
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spelling oai:scielo:S0719-258420200002001872021-01-31Taxation on robots? Challenges for tax policy in the era of automationOssandón Cerda,Francisco Robot tax automation tax policy unemployment universal basic income Abstract: The aim of this article is to discuss about the main issues related to the proposal of a robot tax. For this purpose, the first part briefly shows the current automation context in the world. The second part debates on how the tax could be justified, ranging from the threats of unemployment and inequality up to how governments could help displaced workers via universal basic income. The third part analyses in detail the issues of a robot tax. Finally, the last part tries to answer the question whether the tax is a good idea or not.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Chile/Facultad de Derecho. Centro de Estudios en Derecho InformáticoRevista chilena de derecho y tecnología v.9 n.2 20202020-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-25842020000200187en10.5354/0719-2584.2020.55578
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topic Robot tax
automation
tax policy
unemployment
universal basic income
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automation
tax policy
unemployment
universal basic income
Ossandón Cerda,Francisco
Taxation on robots? Challenges for tax policy in the era of automation
description Abstract: The aim of this article is to discuss about the main issues related to the proposal of a robot tax. For this purpose, the first part briefly shows the current automation context in the world. The second part debates on how the tax could be justified, ranging from the threats of unemployment and inequality up to how governments could help displaced workers via universal basic income. The third part analyses in detail the issues of a robot tax. Finally, the last part tries to answer the question whether the tax is a good idea or not.
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title Taxation on robots? Challenges for tax policy in the era of automation
title_short Taxation on robots? Challenges for tax policy in the era of automation
title_full Taxation on robots? Challenges for tax policy in the era of automation
title_fullStr Taxation on robots? Challenges for tax policy in the era of automation
title_full_unstemmed Taxation on robots? Challenges for tax policy in the era of automation
title_sort taxation on robots? challenges for tax policy in the era of automation
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