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Journal of Energy in Southern Africa
versión On-line ISSN 2413-3051
versión impresa ISSN 1021-447X
Resumen
NCANYWA, Thobeka y MGWANGQA, Nosipho. The impact of a fuel levy on economic growth in South Africa. J. energy South. Afr. [online]. 2018, vol.29, n.1, pp.41-49. ISSN 2413-3051. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2018/v29i1a2775.
Government expenditure is one of the factors that could influence economic growth and it depends on borrowing or on the amount of tax revenue. A fuel levy, as an excise tax charged on petroleum products such as petrol, diesel and biodiesel, can be an important source of revenue for the government. It can, however, be a burden on fuel consumers. The present study, as an effort to address this controversy, used the vector autoregressive approach to examine the impact of fuel levies on economic growth in South Africa. The results showed a longrun unidirectional negative relationship between economic growth and fuel levy. The conclusion was that the economy needs to grow at a higher rate so as to boost tax revenues and public expenditure. Strong revenue collection, therefore, depends on highly increasing economic growth and efficient tax administration. The implication of a growth-oriented tax system is to minimise distortions created by the tax system and create incentives for drivers of economic growth.
Palabras clave : excise tax; tax revenue; vector error correction model; expenditure.
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