Eine wichtige Voraussetzung für die Errichtung des europäischen Binnenmarktes war die Angleichung der in den Mitgliedstaaten erhobenen Umsatzsteuern. Mit dem 1969 vollzogenen ersten Harmonisierungsschritt wurde ein gemeinschaftsweiter Wechsel hin zu einem Mehrwertsteuersystem mit...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die quantitativen Efgekte der jüngst vom ECOFIN-Rat beschlossenen Übergangsregelung für die umsatzsteuerliche Behandlung des Handels in der EG nach 1992. Zunächst werden die Funktionsweise des bisherigen Bestimmungslandprinzips und der neuen Regelung beschrieben und...

Who benefits from the evasion of value added taxes (VAT)? Using a reform that enforced VAT on previously non-compliant large retailers in Armenia, we estimate a one-third passthrough of the tax burden on prices. This suggests that pre-enforcement evasion rents were broadly shared with consumers...

This research tests the consequences of Nigeria's indirect taxes on consumption. There are two reasons why the government imposes taxes on goods and services in Nigeria. The primary purpose is to produce income for the smooth running of the administration. Another silent reason is to discourage...

One of the most serious problems of fiscal character is the issue of the tax gap. The tax gap is defined as the amount of tax liability faced by taxpayers that is not paid on time. The tax gap comes from three main areas of noncompliance with the tax law − firstly from underreporting of...

Eine über das bereits erreichte Mass hinausgehende Harmonisierung der europäischen Umsatzsteuersysteme ist Voraussetzung für die Abschaffung der Grenzkontrollen innerhalb der Europäischen Gemeinschaft; sie bildet damit ein Kernstück der für 1992 anvisierten Vollendung des europäischen...

An important question is whether VAT exemption of financial services is a desirable property or whether it is justified only due to practical and administrative necessity. This paper singles out a number of financial services for discussion of this issue in a context allowing for other taxes and...

The issue of collecting tax resources to the consolidated budget has determined and still determines difficulties which cannot be neglected in all the former socialist countries of the Central and Eastern Europe. From the Members States of the European Union, Romania is the country with the...

Should we exempt the services of insurance companies from VAT? Addressing this issue, the paper distinguishes between insurance against a general loss of resources and a loss of a specific commodity (property insurance). There is a case for exempting the former kind of insurance, but not the...