de la Feria, Rita; Walpole, Michael - 2019
The taxation of financial services is one of the most vexing aspects of a VAT. Conceptually, VAT should apply to any … from VAT. Treating financial services as exempt, however, gives rise to significant legal and economic distortions …. Consequently, a few countries have in recent years attempted an alternative VAT approach to financial services. Amongst these is …