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Changing the Tax Mix

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A tax mix change, including a component of the Australian tax reforms, involves a net increase in taxation of consumption and a net decrease in income taxation. If the tax mix change is approximately aggregate revenue neutral and retains current vertical equity, the new income tax rate schedule must be more progressive than the current schedule. The Australian proposal involves a revenue shortfall and some erosion of vertical progressivity. For the large proportion of households who save very little, the tax mix change has negligible effects on incentives and efficiency, and on total tax paid.

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  • John Freebairn, 1999. "Changing the Tax Mix," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 32(4), pages 315-326, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ausecr:v:32:y:1999:i:4:p:315-326
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.00121
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