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Efficiency and Equity Effects of Taxing the Financial Sector: Lessons from a CGE Model for Belgium

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  • Omar Chisari
  • Antonio Estache
  • Gaëtan Nicodème

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This paper assesses the effects of applying VAT or a sales tax on (intermediate or final) sales of the financial sector. It uses a CGE Model calibrated for a small open economy. It highlights the differentiated sectoral and redistributional effects of these taxes and shows the importance of the financial openness of the economy on these results.

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  • Omar Chisari & Antonio Estache & Gaëtan Nicodème, 2013. "Efficiency and Equity Effects of Taxing the Financial Sector: Lessons from a CGE Model for Belgium," Working Papers ECARES ecares 2013-01, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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    1. Fatih Yilmaz, "undated". "VAT Treatment of Financial Institutions: Implications for the Real Economy," Working Papers 2013-30, Department of Economics, University of Calgary, revised 02 Nov 2013.
    2. Ismail Baydur & Fatih Yilmaz, 2021. "VAT Treatment of the Financial Services: Implications for the Real Economy," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 53(8), pages 2167-2200, December.

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    Keywords

    taxation; financial sector; VAT; sales tax; modeling; Belgium;
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    JEL classification:

    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
    • H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General
    • H87 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods

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