"Value Added Tax (VAT) is the backbone of the EU Member States tax systems. However, the rules for taxing Intra-Community delivery created opportunities for so called 'Missing Trader Intra Community fraud' (MTIC). Together with shadow economy' they represent VAT noncompliance - proxied by so...

This handbook evaluates the persistent problems in the fiscal systems of state and local governments and what can be done to solve them. Each chapter provides a description of the discipline area, examines major developments in policy practices and research, and opines on future prospects.