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VAT Incidence, Tax on Exports and the Measurement of Tax Burden on Tradable Goods: the Agricultural Sector Case

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  • Horacio L. P. Piffano

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This paper analyzes conceptual issues dealing with the measurement of “sector tax burden”, specifically the methodological treatment of the Value Added Tax (VAT) and Tax on Exports, with particular reference to the Agricultural Sector. First, notions of tax impact (statutory or legal incidence), tax burden shifting and economic incidence of VAT applied to domestic goods are considered; second, the case of commercial (tradable) goods or commodities, which is the relevant case for Agricultural Sector. In this last case, Tax on Exports is also taken into account. Conclusions lead to recommend changes to the usual estimation of sector tax burden, which is considered wrong or at least incomplete in its treatment.

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  • Horacio L. P. Piffano, 2007. "VAT Incidence, Tax on Exports and the Measurement of Tax Burden on Tradable Goods: the Agricultural Sector Case," Department of Economics, Working Papers 070, Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
    • Handle: RePEc:lap:wpaper:070
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    1. Horacio L. P. Piffano, 2004. "Fiscal decentralization, tax competition, and federal tax administration: A note from the Argentine experience," Revista de Economía y Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Economía y Finanzas, vol. 42(2), pages 7-28, Diciembre.
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    Keywords

    VAT; Tax on Exports; Tax Incidence; Sector Tax Burden; Agricultural Sector.;
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    JEL classification:

    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • Q1 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture

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