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The Rise of the Value-Added Tax

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  • James,Kathryn

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This book explores one of the most significant trends in the evolution of global tax systems by asking how, within less than half a century, the value-added tax (VAT) has risen from relative obscurity to become one of the world's most dominant revenue instruments. Despite its significance, very little is known about why so many countries have adopted the VAT and, in particular, why different countries adopt the types of VAT that they do. The popular mythology provides that the merits of the VAT have underpinned its global spread; however, this book contends that much scholarship confuses the question of why the VAT has risen to dominance with the issue of what makes a good VAT. This book combines policy and legal analysis to propose a new way of understanding the rise of this important revenue instrument so as to better reflect the realities of the VATs that are actually implemented.

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  • James,Kathryn, 2015. "The Rise of the Value-Added Tax," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781107044128, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:cbooks:9781107044128
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    1. Judith Freedman & Glen Loutzenhiser, 2022. "Tax policy in the UK post-Brexit," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 38(1), pages 188-204.
    2. Bibek Adhikari, 2015. "When Does Introducing a Value-Added Tax Increase Economic Efficiency? Evidence from the Synthetic Control Method," Working Papers 1524, Tulane University, Department of Economics, revised Nov 2015.
    3. Joel Slemrod & Tejaswi Velayudhan, 2022. "The VAT at 100: A Retrospective Survey and Agenda for Future Research," Public Finance Review, , vol. 50(1), pages 4-32, January.
    4. Richard M. Bird, 2018. "Are global taxes feasible?," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 25(5), pages 1372-1400, October.
    5. Sijbren Cnossen, 2022. "The C-inefficiency of the EU-VAT and what can be done about it," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 29(1), pages 215-236, February.
    6. Limberg, Julian, 2022. "Building a tax state in the 21st century: Fiscal pressure, political regimes, and consumption taxation," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
    7. Iswahyudi, Heru, 2018. "Where has the money gone?: The case of Value Added Tax revenue performance in Indonesia," MPRA Paper 89876, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    8. Iswahyudi, Heru, 2020. "The problem of gross receipts taxes in Indonesia: Economic distortions and policy options," MPRA Paper 100617, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Jolanta Maria Ciak & Agnieszka Gruszczynska, 2019. "Goods and services tax in the tax systems of selected countries of the European Union: a case study," Ekonomia i Prawo, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, vol. 18(3), pages 269-282, September.
    10. Nadiah Abd Hamid, 2021. "Analysing SST 2.0 Burden Using the Guiding Principles of Good Tax Policy," GATR Journals afr207, Global Academy of Training and Research (GATR) Enterprise.

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