levy
a charge imposed and collected
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle levies by authority, base, rate, payer and legal basis, give factual information, and signpost professional tax advice.
A charge imposed and collected by an authority, such as a tax, duty or compulsory contribution, including income tax.
What it is for: Funding public goods and services, and steering behaviour.
It can be impose and collect it, by law; pay and report it; claim reliefs and exemptions; appeal assessments.
Distinguishing features
Compulsory, imposed by authority
Defined by base, rate and payer
Grounded in law
Different from voluntary fees
What it looks like
Tax returns, assessments, invoices with tax lines, and official rate tables.
How it is recognised
Tax names and rates
Legal basis in statutes
Tax authority correspondence
Related models
is imposed by - authority
is based on - legal basis
is paid as - settlement
is confused with - voluntary charge
In practice
Families and kinds
income tax
consumption taxes such as VAT
property taxes
duties and tariffs
social contributions
single tax proposals
Standards and regulation
National tax law
OECD model tax conventions
EU VAT Directive
Failure modes and hazards
Scams impersonating tax authorities
Missed deadlines
Personal tax advice without qualification
Analytical facets
- substance
- social
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- inert
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
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Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Definition Which levy.
Base, rate and payer define it.
Type
Kind of tax.
Type
Levy type.
- Which levy is this? definition
- Under which law? provenance
Rate and base
How calculated.
Rate
Rate and base.
- What is the rate, and on what base? measurement
- For which year? provenance
Compliance Paying correctly.
Deadlines and records matter.
Filing
Returns and deadlines.
Filing
Filing obligations.
- What must be filed, and by when? boundary
- What are the penalties for lateness? boundary
Reliefs
Exemptions.
Reliefs
Reliefs.
- Which reliefs or exemptions apply? provenance
- How are they claimed? action
Disputes Appeals.
Assessments can be challenged.
Appeal
Challenging assessments.
Appeal
Appeal route.
- How can an assessment be appealed? action
- Within what time? boundary
Help
Advice.
Help
Where to get help.
- Where can reliable tax help be found? action
- Is free help available? action
Safety Scams.
Tax scams are common.
Scams
Impersonation.
Scams
Scam signs.
- Is this message really from the tax authority? boundary
- How can it be verified? action
Policy
Debate.
Policy
Tax policy debate.
- What are the arguments for and against this levy? provenance
- Are views presented fairly? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should tax types be separate entries?
- How should rates be linked by jurisdiction and year?
- How should agents signpost tax help?