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State-Level Value Added Tax and Its Revenue Implications in India

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  • Damodar Nepram

    (The author is Reader, Department of Economics, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal 795003, Manipur, India; email: dnepram@yahoo.co.in)

Abstract

Sales tax was the most important state tax in India, contributing a significant proportion of their receipts. However, the tax itself had many drawbacks, that is, double taxation, multiplicity of rates, tax competition, etc., as a result of which its reform was considered a necessity. After much preparation, the tax was replaced by the value added tax (VAT) from April 2005 by most states as a part of domestic trade reforms being initiated in the country. The present study using panel data analysis finds that the adoption of VAT has been a good source of revenue.

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  • Damodar Nepram, 2011. "State-Level Value Added Tax and Its Revenue Implications in India," Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research, vol. 5(2), pages 245-265, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:mareco:v:5:y:2011:i:2:p:245-265
    DOI: 10.1177/097380101100500204
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    1. Mukherjee, Sacchidananda, 2017. "Changing Tax Capacity and Tax Effort of Indian States in the Era of High Economic Growth, 2001-2014," Working Papers 17/196, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.

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    Keywords

    Sales Tax; VAT; Revenue; JEL Classification: H25; JEL Classification: H71; JEL Classification: C33;
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    JEL classification:

    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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