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...

The planned full-scale implementation of the origin principle with the cross-border pre-tax system would lead, ceteris paribus, to changes in VAT revenues in the individual EU countries. For instance, the member countries with trade surpluses and higher VAT rates would be significantly better...

Bei der Frage nach der Harmonisierung der Mehrwertsteuersätze in der EU wird oft das Argument des auf ein niedriges Niveau führenden Steuerwettbewerbs angeführt. Der Autor untersucht am Beispiel des EG-Neufahrzeugmarktes die Konsequenzen von Steuersatzdifferentialen bei einem Übergang zum...

From the outset, turnover taxes have played a fundamental role in the European integration process. Harmonisation of these taxes was perceived an integral part of achieving a common market, and for this reason it was given priority. Over forty years since the introduction of a common VAT system,...

This paper deals with three aspects related to the value added tax in Colombia. First, we show that althogh the VAT's "productivity" is at an acceptable level according to international standards, it has recently been declining. Second, we estimate tax evasion/elusion for 1994. Our results...