1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Approach to Tax Design -- 3. Taxation of Labour Earnings -- 4. Reforming the Taxation of Earnings in the UK -- 5. Integrating Personal Taxes and Benefits -- 6. Taxing Goods and Services -- 7. Implementation of VAT -- 8. VAT and Financial Services -- 9. Broadening...

All Direct and Indirect taxes accompanied by tax laws, accounting, auditing and tax returns, can be abolished if a new tax system called “TOP Tax system” is adopted and implemented by all nations. TOP Tax system will relieve 7 billion people of the world from the cobweb of ambiguous and...

Using macro-level panel data, we examine the effects of taxation and tax progressivity on entrepreneurship in a large group of European countries. We address two main objectives. First, we try to explore whether tax increases discourage entrepreneurial activity, focusing on new self-employment...

This paper studies tax withholding on business sales, a widely used compliance mechanism which is ignored by public finance theory. A withholding scheme, whereby the payer in a transaction collects tax from the payee, is introduced in a standard evasion model with third-party reporting. If the...

Botswana has recently been coming under attacks for its tax system. The EU has categorized it as a tax haven but still have not blacklisted it. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the banking and tax laws of the Botswana to asses whether they are in line with OECD and EU standards. It will...

This paper discusses the Netherlands statutory General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR), richtige heffing and the GAAR which was developed in case law: fraus legis. It also discusses the relation with special anti avoidance rules and with tax treaties and EU law. Finally the paper discusses...

In this article, the author first outlines the development of taxation in Kosovo and then describes the major features of direct and indirect taxation in the country, with specific reference to corporate income tax, personal income tax, withholding tax, real estate tax, the avoidance of double...

Introduction -- The Constitution of the United States -- Federal public law -- Treasury regulations -- Judicial opinions -- Public guidance from the Office of Chief Counsel -- Taxpayer-specific guidance from the Office of Chief Counsel -- Documents generated by the Office of Chief Counsel for...