Fiscal Approach to Mitigate Post-Covid-19 Economic and Social Impacts in Morocco

EasyChair Preprint 6778

Abstract

Morocco, like the emerging countries, manages a complex economy due to multiple social and economic needs as well as glaring inequalities in income and wealth.

The current crisis in Morocco has certainly aggravated the overall budget deficit, mainly because of the decline in tax revenues, the increase in public spending induced by the Covid-19, and the combined effects of the poor cereal harvest and the downturn in the global economy, which is certainly well felt.

This crisis is an opportunity to improve the efficiency and equity of the Moroccan tax system and to capitalize on the remarkable momentum of solidarity caused by this pandemic. To this end, it is proposed, first, to mobilize and enhance the fiscal potential, then to establish solidarity taxes, and finally, to extend medical coverage and establish a pension system for the self-employed.

Keyphrases: Zakat, inheritance tax, medical coverage, pension, self-employed, solidarity, tax potential

@booklet{EasyChair:6778,
  author    = {Amine Aissaoui and Nawfal Aissaoui and Alae Zoularh},
  title     = {Fiscal Approach to Mitigate Post-Covid-19 Economic and Social Impacts in Morocco},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 6778},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2021}}