Theoretical and methodological aspects of building optimal system of transport payments
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https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu05.2017.303Abstract
The purpose of this article is to analyze the theoretical and methodological basis of building an optimal system of transport payments. That includes establishing classification criteria, functions and principles of building the system. The article substantiates that the use of roads and bridges called for the formation of specific tools of transport payments. The paper systemizes the key negative externalities of car use that need to correct through transport tax. The authors suggest six most relevant classifications of transport payments, which are essential for the purposes of analysis and comparison. The article substantiates that through the simultaneous implementation of fiscal and regulatory functions, the transport payments embody the idea of double dividend, where environmentally oriented behavior of car owners will be accompany by the formation of stable revenue sources for road construction and environmental protection. The work offers principles of building optimal system of transport payments consisting of well-known and new principles. The article further develops the benefit principle in transport payments as well as the social optimum principle. In addition, it provides definitions for original principles identified by the author: the principle of comprehensiveness, the principle of differentiation, principle of payment collection at time of service, and the principle of designation. Refs 27. Figs 5. Table 1.
Keywords:
transport payments, taxes, fees, para-fiscal taxes, classification, function, principles, optimal taxation
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