Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Sergey G. Lalayev Author-Email: lalaev@prognoz.ru Author-Workplace-Name: ZAO Prognoz (Forecast), Moscow, Russia Title: Personal Income Tax: the Change Scenarios Abstract: One of the main goals of the Russian fiscal policy makers is to use all the internal sources of financing extensively. One of the ways of improving the public budget is to raise the personal income tax rate. The article author examines what are the consequences of the personal income tax increase or decrease using a mathematical model that describes the Russian real sector (the Macro+ model). Classification-JEL: E62, H24 Keywords: personal income tax rate, consolidated budget, tax rate, increase, decrease, GDP, mathematical model, regression equation, payroll, economic growth Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 111-120 Issue: 1 Year: 2011 Month: January File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2011/1/statii/2011_01_10.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:110110:p:111-120