Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tax Law Review Publishes Symposium on Designing a Federal VAT
The Tax Law Review has published a new issue (Vol. 63, No. 2), Symposium on Designing a Federal VAT (Part I):
- Reuven S. Avi-Yonah (Michigan), Summary and Recommendations, 63 Tax L. Rev. 285 (2010)
- Rudolph G. Penner (Urban Institute), Do We Need a VAT to Solve Our Long-Run Budget Problems?, 63 Tax L. Rev. 301 (2010)
- Itai Grinberg (Treasury Department, Office of Tax Policy), Where Credit Is Due: Advantages of the Credit-Invoice Method for a Partial Replacement VAT, 63 Tax L. Rev. 309 (2010)
- Michael Keen (IMF) & Walter Hellerstein (Georgia), Interjurisdictional Issues in the Design of a VAT, 63 Tax L. Rev. 359 (2010)
- Alan Schenk (Wayne State), Taxation of Financial Services (Including Insurance) Under a U.S. Value-Added Tax, 63 Tax L. Rev. 409 (2010)
- Satya Poddar (Ernst & Young), Taxation of Housing Under a VAT, 63 Tax L. Rev. 443 (2010)
- Robert F. Conrad (Duke), Commentary, 63 Tax L. Rev. 471 (2010)
- Pierre-Pascal Gendron (Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning), How Should the United States Treat Government Entities, Nonprofit Organizatons and Other Tax-Exempt Bodies Under a VAT?, 63 Tax L. Rev. 477 (2010)
- Michel Aujean (Taj–Société d’Avocats), Commentary, 63 Tax L. Rev. 509 (2010)
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Comments
I love a consumption tax-- tax consumption, not work or investment. But a consumption tax that is progressive and reported by filing a return is better than VAT. That approach also avoids black markets (payors report your income, your bank reports your savings and the difference is consumption). It is normatively desirable to increase the salience of personal taxation, after all.
Posted by: guy in the veal calf office | Sep 21, 2010 3:24:55 PM
This country and its citizens need a VAT like Custer needed another indian...
No we don't need a 'progressive' consumption tax...
Why should anyone person have to pay more than any other person in this country?
That is one of the glaring problems with today's income tax structure, the rich pay more but they don't get more for the money extorted from them...
Posted by: juandos | Sep 22, 2010 8:50:05 AM