This paper reviews the published literature on the definition and measurement of the administrative and compliance costs of taxation, with special reference to VAT (including evasion and fraud) in the European Union

Value-added tax systems across the world are afflicted with size-dependent regulations. The benefit of such regulations to the tax authority is unclear. In this paper, we use an administrative dataset from the state of Delhi in India to first show that a policy which mandated different...

A Value Added Tax (VAT) is seen as critical in providing the tax revenue base for governments, especially developing nations. However, prior research about VAT compliance costs has largely occurred in developed nations and has generally excluded psychological and corruption costs. This article...

This article reviews recent surveys of the tax compliance costs associated with Value Added Taxes (like the Australian GST). It uses such surveys to identify what aspects of VAT seem to be associated with higher compliance costs. This provides a form of ‘litmus test' which might be used,...

Over the last two decades, many governments have sought to take stock of the burden generally imposed by their regulations, especially in relation to taxes imposed on businesses, and to identify and adopt measures to reduce the costs of complying with such regulations. In many countries, the VAT...

The large‑scale presence and the regressive nature of tax compliance costs, especially those in respect of the value‑added tax (VAT), are well documented features of the tax systems of developed countries. Although there is less evidence available in the case of developing countries,...