VAT fraud and reverse charge: empirical evidence from VAT return data
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Keywords
Value-added tax; Reverse charge; Tax fraud; Missing-trader fraud;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
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