What kept the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from becoming a reality in India for a quarter of a century after the adoption of the structural adjustment programme in 1991? What made it possible in 2016? To what extent the Indian model of GST reflects a compromise between the need to keep fiscal...

The harmonized European value-added tax (VAT) is anything but a modern consumption tax that taxes all goods and services at a uniform rate. As exemplified by an analysis of the Dutch version, some 60% of the base is exempted, that is, not taxed on output but on inputs. This has serious...

In der Europäischen Union dominiert trotz des gemeinsamen Marktes immer noch das Bestimmungslandprinzip die Umsatzbesteuerung. Erhebungstechnisch wurde 1993 jedoch das Übergangssystem eingeführt. Mit dem Ziel der Schaffung eines endgültigen Systems verbindet sich der Wechsel vom...

The planned movement to the origin principle with the cross-border pre-tax system on a full-scale 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...

In der Europäischen Union dominiert trotz des gemeinsamen Marktes immer noch das Bestimmungslandprinzip die Umsatzbesteuerung. Erhebungstechnisch wurde 1993 jedoch das Übergangssystem eingeführt. Mit dem Ziel der Schaffung eines endgültigen Systems verbindet sich der Wechsel vom...

The planned movement to the origin priciple with the cross-border pre-tax system on a full-scale 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 off....