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En defensa de un impuesto progresivo sobre el consumo

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Este ensayo es una revisión de la literatura reciente sobre la conveniencia de sustituir el impuesto sobre la renta habitual por un impuesto personal sobre el consumo. La versión que se defiende de este último arranca de los dos impuestos de tipo único del Flat Tax de Hall y Rabushka (1983, 1995): un impuesto sobre el valor añadido, neto de salarios, a todas las empresas; y un impuesto sobre el trabajo asalariado que permite personalizar el sistema e introducir cierto grado de progresividad a través de un mínimo exento. Para completar la propuesta políticamente conservadora de estos autores se sugieren dos medidas: la inclusión de las herencias (y las donaciones inter vivos) en la base del impuesto individual de los beneficiarios, y la creación de un impuesto independiente sobre las herencias (y donaciones) otorgadas. Este tercer impuesto tendría el mismo tipo que los dos anteriores, así como un mínimo exento suficientemente amplio para preservar los incentivos al ahorro propios de la imposición sobre el consumo y para eximir del mismo a una gran parte de la población.

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  • Ruiz-Castillo, Javier, 2004. "En defensa de un impuesto progresivo sobre el consumo," DE - Documentos de Trabajo. Economía. DE de040603, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía.
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