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International Monetary Fund

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Avoiding blunt “robot taxes,” strengthening capital income taxation at the individual level with safeguards against base erosion, and leveraging AI to improve compliance and enforcement are important across scenarios.

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International Monetary Fund, “Global Economic and Financial Implications of Artificial Intelligence: Lessons from a Scenario Planning Exercise,” IMF Notes, 2026.

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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy

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AI Verified IMF advocates stronger capital-income taxation as labour income becomes less central. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified IMF favors stronger capital-income taxation as labour income erodes: for. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified IMF Notes 2026/002 contains the stored taxation wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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