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purchases and sales of equity shares are also levied in some countries.37
While the efficacy and effectiveness of these taxes in raising revenue and their
overall impact on the economy may be country-specific, all these revenue tools
represent opportunities for developing countries to maximise public sector
revenue.
4.2.2 Non-tax revenue
In addition to the tax-based revenue sources identified above, the State can
raise revenue through a number of non-tax sources. These include revenues
collected through royalties, profits and dividends from public sector
enterprises, revenue from lease of land and other natural resources, sovereign
wealth funds, and reserves held by the government and the central bank. All
these sources can further support the State to fulfil human rights obligations.
Revenues from natural resource exploitation/extraction are obtained through
a variety of instruments, including royalties, profit or rent taxes, production
sharing arrangements, auction of exploration and production leases, excise
and trade taxes, production by State-owned firms, and State participation
through paid-up equity or carried interest.38 Forms of mining or extractive
industries royalties include: unit based royalties; ad valorem royalties; profitbased royalties; tax on economic rent; hybrid systems combining the above
systems; and other methods such as production sharing.39 Many States are
also establishing special revenue/royalty arrangements with resource sectors
such as mining, oil and gas to expand the State revenue stream. In Peru, for
example, mining levies have been expanded and the proceeds used for
37
See for example, Ortiz, Chai and Cummins, above n 9.
38
Robin Boadway and Michael Keen, 'Rent Taxes and Royalties in Designing Fiscal
Regimes for Non-Renewable Resources' (CESIFO Working Paper No. 4568, CESIFO,
January 2014), 2.
39
International Mining for Development Centre, 'Mineral royalties and other mining-specific
taxes' (Policy Paper, IMDC, 2012), <http://www.eisourcebook.org/cms/March_2013
/Mineral%20royalties%20%26%20other%20mining-specific%20taxes.pdf>. The special
mining royalties are often directed on the net value of the mineral resources which are
often levied at the project level, rather than at the consolidated entity level, after deducting
the cost of production.
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