Gita Gopinath Quotes

What sensible people want from a tax is to raise as much money as possible with the least disruption to the economy.

GST is a structural move in the right direction. It could take a few months to settle down. It is another one of the government's fundamental shifts which are all very well thought through... It will make us a much more robust economy.

My government is continuously improving the GST regime keeping in view the suggestions being received from the business community.

The consensus we arrived with States for amending the Constitution to implement GST is a major breakthrough. This alone has the potential to make India competitive and attractive for investment.

As Ronald Reagan understood, the difference between a good tax structure and a poor one has a very real impact not only on how much money we have in our pockets every April 15th, but whether we have a job to support our families in the first place.

The problem with wanting the tax code to be 'simpler, fairer,' and 'pro-growth' is that it's impossible to achieve all three at the same time.

The worst thing that we could do is raises taxes. It would only hurt the economy.

We need to stop kicking the can down the road and rethink our entire tax system toward long-term, comprehensive tax reform.

Nobody is opposed to paying taxes; governments need to coordinate, work together and simplify the law.

The tax code was so complicated that it took so long to master it that one lost the will to reform it.

We have a tax code that works. It brings in our revenue at the lowest cost of administration in the world.

Our tax system is based on individual self-assessment and voluntary compliance

Taxes must produce ample revenues without discouraging enterprise; and if it is to be just it must distribute the burden of taxes equitably.

The tax code has been flawed and inefficient for a very long time, precisely because fixing it could be so terribly disruptive.

Someone in Washington needs to get serious about fixing the tax code. That is what needs to happen.

Maybe I should get back to the music-writing phase and write one on tax reform.

The complexity of a tax system is every bit as damaging to competitiveness as the overall tax rate. The more convoluted the tax code becomes, the more time we have to take off work to comply with it.

After the implementation of GST, trucks are having a smooth passage. Tax compliance has increased after the implementation of GST.

We have international organizations for health, trade, and football - even for coffee - but not tax. Why not?

We are for pension reform, jobs, the flat tax, and justice reforms.

Our aim is to make tax collecting a declining industry.

I think we should have basically the same tax policy that Germany, Japan, the U.K., everybody else has, which is a tax rate in the mid-20s and no loopholes. Zero. The U.S. has the most antiquated tax system. And that means some people are going to pay more taxes, and some people are going to pay less.

Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.

I think you need to have a tax system that basically is flat, fair and simple. And - that you can put on a post card. I mean, even Timothy Geithner could do this one and get it on time.

I get how devastating high taxes are to job creation.