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The article builds on the Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax and proposes a consumption tax called the “E Tax,” which is an … electronically collected credit invoice VAT. The Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax is a two-tier consumption tax that is based on a subtraction … to the VAT rate, with a zero bracket amount, personal exemptions and limited individual deductions. The E Tax modifies …
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the present value of tax liabilities are calculated, by using an after-tax risk-free discount rate, and incorporating any … new or reduced tax liabilities generated into its expected risk and return estimates. The asset allocation problem is … marginal tax rates, investment horizons, borrowing premiums, high or low inflation environments, and different starting cost …
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run counter to one of the core concepts for tax administration in New Zealand – the protection of the integrity of the tax …
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Using a simple analytical model incorporating benefits of a stock, costs of adjusting the stock, and uncertainty in costs, we uncover several important principles governing the choice of price-based policies (e.g., taxes) relative to quantity-based policies (e.g., tradable permits) for...
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behavior between these two approaches, then this may indicate that the current tax policy institutions are failing and need …
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This paper weights the relative advantages of multiple factors that lead to the success of professional sports stadiums in major markets, though a discussion of the arguments for and against public subsidies towards these projects. Using a logit statistical model, the paper determines that the...
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I was previously Director of Mutual Agreement Procedures, National Tax Agency ('NTA'), in Japan. This paper was written … be viewed as a successful model whereby tax authorities have reached agreement in a considerable number of cases of …
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This paper considers a range of issues affecting Japan's contemporary economic well-being. Japan has continued toward sustained, full-employment growth, though its path has been idiosyncratic and its pace has been erratic. GDP growth in 2006 was a respectable 2.2 percent, driven by business...
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The state,writes Douglass North, trades a group of services, which we shall callprotection and justice, for revenue. This paper explores the possibility that anefficient trade may not be possible, while providing an explanation for variation inthe degree to which such protection is provided. At...
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This study investigates the effects of tax, regulatory, and reimbursement policies and other factors exogenous to the … simultaneous equation model to assess interrelationships among these variables. We conclude that premium tax advantages enjoyed by …
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