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Frank Yu, Robert Clark and Gabriele B. Durant

Using Business Taxation Data as Auxiliary Variables and as Substitution Variables in the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Frank Yu, Robert Clark and Gabriele B. Durant. Outline of talk. Use of tax data in ABS Using tax data as auxiliary variables example: subannual surveys

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Frank Yu, Robert Clark and Gabriele B. Durant

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  1. Using Business Taxation Data as Auxiliary Variables and as Substitution Variables in the Australian Bureau of Statistics Frank Yu, Robert Clark and Gabriele B. Durant

  2. Outline of talk • Use of tax data in ABS • Using tax data as auxiliary variables • example: subannual surveys • Using tax data as variables of interest • missing taxation data • example: annual surveys • Dealing with missing tax data: • Missing at Random • Common Error Measurement model • Conclusion

  3. Use of tax data • construct and maintain population frame • as auxiliary variables for estimation • substitute survey data to reduce provider burden • as source for imputing missing/invalid survey data • provide independent estimates for validation of outputs

  4. Data supplied by Australian Taxation Office • Australian Business Register information • businesses identified by name, address • industry, payees • Business Activity Statement data - GST and PAYG data • available (90%) 6 months after reference quarter • turnover, wage and salaries, capital and non-capital expenses • Income Tax data • available (70 to 80%)18 months after reference quarter • detailed expenses and revenue and balance sheet

  5. Use of tax data for frame creation ABS Maintained Population ABS MP complex units ATO maintained population from Australian Busines Register simple units: ABN = statistical unit ATO MP

  6. Use of tax data for frame construction • construction: units from ABR • industry, sector • number of payees • multistate indicators • maintenance: • births and cancellation • tax roles : e.g. employing vs non-employing units • long term non-remitters excluded • stratification: single/multiple states, industry

  7. Frame auxiliary variables (xi's) • derived size benchmarks: • from BAS, based on wage and salaries data • used as stratification variables • BAS turnover • BAS wages • need imputation (derived from average of quarterly data) • lag reference quarter by 2 quarters

  8. Survey data vs tax data Sample Survey BAS data BIT data concept ** * * accuracy * ** *** timeliness *** ** * detailed domain * ** *** richness of data items *** * **

  9. Use of tax data as auxiliary variables Survey Variables of interest Auxiliary Variables for estimation Retail Trade Sales BAS turnover Economic Activity Survey financial variables BIT variables Annual Integrated Collection same as EAS BAS variables

  10. tax data as auxiliary variables s yi xi U\s xi

  11. Generalised Regression Estimation

  12. Advantages and disadvantages • Advantages • provide efficiency • approximately unbiased • does not require X's to be measuring the right concepts • does not require X's to be current • Disadvantages • does not model Y directly e.g. zero units • influential points • efficiency in estimating levels not equal to efficiency for estimating change

  13. Issue: inactive/out of scope units Solution: apply GREG to positive units only

  14. efficiency for estimating level does not necessarily translate to efficiency for estimating change

  15. Data Substitution Approach: Use tax as the variable of interest • Assumes tax data are better • respondents more serious about getting it right • more time to provide information • audited accounts (for BIT) for tax purposes • Detailed breakdown • Missing tax data • require matching to frame • missingness is non-ignorable • inactive units • late units have more expenses

  16. Examples: Economic Activity Survey (annual) 1990s to 05/06 estimation of totals for broad items for microbusinesses tax data as substitution variables augmenting sample for simple businesses tax data to replace broad level income and expenses items estimation of detailed items detailed items imputed by pro-rating broad tax data based on splits observd in surveys

  17. Examples: Annual Integrated Collection (06/7 onwards) AIC - core survey estimates estimation of totals for survey variables for small and large businesses tax data as auxiliary variables for generalised regression estimation estimation of totals for broad items for microbusinesses tax data as substitution variables AIC - complementary estimates AIC - complementary estimates estimation of detailed state/industry classes tax data as substitution variables AIC - complementary estimates estimation of detailed economic variables tax data as substitution variables, disaggregated by model estimation of pro-rating factors

  18. Notation Y available ri = 1 U Y not available ri = 0

  19. Use MAR model on frame only frame variables tax data of interest Y available Xi ri = 1 model: Y= f(x) for ri = 1 U Y not available Xi ri = 0

  20. Use MAR model conditional on frame variables only U Y available Xi ri = 1 model: Y= f(x) for ri = 1 MAR Y not available impute Y^ = f(x) for ri = 0 Xi ri = 0

  21. But for non-ignorable missingness U Y available Xi ri = 1 model: Y= f(x) for ri = 1 Y not available impute Y^ = f(x) for ri = 0 Xi ri = 0

  22. Use a sample to inform about the nonreporters based on their survey response. Notation: Use Y to represent tax variables and Y* for survey variables (a surrogate of Y) U Y available Xi ri = 1 Y* available s Y not available Y* available Xi ri = 0

  23. Imputing tax data from survey data U Y available Xi model: Y= f(Y*, xi) ri = 1 Y* available s Y not available Y* available Xi ri = 0

  24. Imputing tax data from survey data U Y available Xi model: Y= f(Y*) model: Y= f(Y*, xi) ri = 1 Y* available s Y not available Y* available Xi ri = 0 impute Ŷ

  25. Imputing tax data from survey data U Y available Xi model: Y= f(Y*, x) ri = 1 Y* available s Y not available Y* available Xi ri = 0 impute Ŷ=f(Y*, x)

  26. Models for Y Missing at Random: Y independent of r given x and Y* Common measurement error: Given Y, distribution of Y* Is independent of r

  27. Use MAR model: missing at random given X and Y* U Y available model: Y= f(Y*, x) for ri = 1 Xi ri = 1 Y* available MAR s Y not available Y* available Xi ri = 0 impute Ŷ for ri = 0

  28. Imputation using MAR model • Using data on Y and Y* observed from the units in the sample where where both survey and tax data are reported, model Y as a function of Y*. • Use this model to impute Yi* for tax non reporters in the sample (assuming Y* is known for them). • For units not in the sample, if their tax data is missing, impute using the distribution

  29. Use CME model U Y available model: Y*= f(Y, x) for ri = 1 Xi invert to get Ŷ= g(Y*) ri = 1 CME Y* available s Y not available Y* available Xi ri = 0 impute Ŷ = h(X) for ri = 0 for i in U\s

  30. Imputation using CME model

  31. Modelling survey data (Y*) and tax data (Y) - invert this to predict Y from Y*

  32. Model: survey data Y* (EAS 05/06) as a function of frame variable X (tax_turn_0405) for tax nonrespondents (i.e. r =0)

  33. Empirical Best Linear Unbiased Predictor (EBLUP) of Yi BLUP impute: EBLUP impute

  34. CME imputation process • use units in sample where tax and survey variables are observed and model the survey variable (Y*) as a function of tax and frame data. (Y, X) • Under CME this model applies to r = 0 too. • use units in the sample where survey data are observed (i in s) but tax data are not (ri = 0) to model the survey variable (Y*)as function of frame data (x). • combine to give an impute for (Y) for tax nonrespondents (r = 0): • Combine to get EBLUP

  35. Further work • domain estimation for CME/MAR • variance estimation • discriminating between CME and MAR based on data

  36. Conclusion • GREG is useful for estimation of survey data but efficiency gain is limited. • There is increasing interest in using tax data directly on its own to produce economic statistics. • Non-ignorable missingness becomes a key issue with tax data. • Survey data could be useful to help impute the tax data

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