Im Hinblick auf den EG-Binnenmarkt sah der Vorschlag der EG-Kommission von 1987 zur Harmonisierung der indirekten Steuern nicht nur eine Annäherung der Mehrwertsteuersätze und -strukturen vor, sondern auch eine gewisse Angleichung der fünf großen Verbrauchsteuern. Die sog. "kleinen"...

Tax reform in Latin America during the 1980s emphasized broad-based, low-rate consumption taxes over steeply progressive income and property taxes, primarily to simplify the tax structure and facilitate tax administration. While tax reform need not necessarily raise tax-to-GDP ratios, countries...

Since the early 1990s, major tax administration reforms have been implemented in the Francophone countries of sub-Saharan Africa, with significant support from the IMF and development partners. While the reforms have contributed to an increase in revenues, attention is still needed to address a...

This paper investigates the tax harmonization in the European Union in the context of the Economic Crisis. The aim is to analyze an evolution of taxes with the greatest harmonizing tendencies. Two of them are indirect taxes – VAT and excise tax, and one is direct tax – corporate income tax....