Eine wichtige Voraussetzung für die Errichtung des europäischen Binnenmarktes war die Angleichung der in den Mitgliedstaaten erhobenen Umsatzsteuern. Mit dem 1969 vollzogenen ersten Harmonisierungsschritt wurde ein gemeinschaftsweiter Wechsel hin zu einem Mehrwertsteuersystem mit...

This Study contains Value Added Tax (VAT) Gap estimates for 2018, fast estimates using a simplified methodology for 2019, the year immediately preceding the analysis, and includes revised estimates for 2014-2017. It also includes the updated and extended results of the econometric analysis of...

This paper shows a standard RBC model, when augmented with a VAT evasion channel, where evasion depends on the consumption tax rate, can produce a hump-shaped consumption Laffer curve. Furthermore, when the evasion channel is turned off, the hump in the Laffer curve disappears, resulting in a...

The paper is focused on VAT evasion and especially carousel frauds. It describes the types of VAT evasion, methods of its estimation and measures taken by the European member state to fight it. The aim of the article is to develop a reasonable method for assessing the volume of carousel fraud in...