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On the European Union VAT proposals: the superiority of origin over destination taxation

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  • Ben Lockwood
  • David de Meza
  • Gareth Myles

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The completion of the European Union single market has rendered the previous system of destination taxation, in which exports were tax-exempt and then taxed at the importing country's rate, unsustainable due to the accompanying abolition of border controls.

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  • Ben Lockwood & David de Meza & Gareth Myles, 1995. "On the European Union VAT proposals: the superiority of origin over destination taxation," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 16(1), pages 1-17, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ifs:fistud:v:16:y:1995:i:1:p:1-17
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    1. Sharma, Chanchal Kumar, 2004. "Implementing VAT in India :Implications for Federal Polity," MPRA Paper 206, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 25 Feb 2005.
    2. Hans Fehr, 2000. "From Destination- to Origin-Based Consumption Taxation: A Dynamic CGE Analysis," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 7(1), pages 43-61, February.
    3. Ighomereho Salome & Ladipo Patrick & Dixon-Ogbechi Bolajoko, 2018. "Determinants of Automated Teller Machine Usage in Lagos State, Nigeria," Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 6(1), pages 89-111, December.
    4. Sijbren Cnossen, 1998. "Global Trends and Issues in Value Added Taxation," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 5(3), pages 399-428, July.
    5. Silvia Fedeli & Francesco Forte, 2012. "Border Tax Adjustment without Borders: The EU Carousel of VAT Fraud," Review of Economics & Finance, Better Advances Press, Canada, vol. 2, pages 55-70, November.
    6. Richard M. Bird & Pierre-Pascal Gendron, 2001. "VATs in Federal States: Experiences and Emerging Possibilities," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper0104, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
    7. Bernd Genser & Andreas Haufler, 1996. "Tax competition, tax coordination and tax harmonization: The effects of EMU," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, vol. 23(1), pages 59-89, February.
    8. Genser, Bernd & Haufler, Andreas, 1997. "On the optimal tax policy mix when consumers and firms are imperfectly mobile," Discussion Papers, Series II 330, University of Konstanz, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 178 "Internationalization of the Economy".
    9. John Whalley, 2009. "On the effectiveness of carbon-motivated border tax adjustments," Working Papers 6309, Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), an initiative of UNESCAP and IDRC, Canada..
    10. Richard Bird & Pierre Gendron, 1998. "Dual VATs and Cross-Border Trade: Two Problems, One Solution?," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 5(3), pages 429-442, July.
    11. Wolfram Richter, 2000. "An Efficiency Analysis of Consumption and Production Taxation with an Application to Value-Added Taxation," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 7(1), pages 23-41, February.
    12. Mare, Mauro, 2015. "Why and How should the EU budget be reformed?," MPRA Paper 76112, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    13. Hiroshi Aiura & Hikaru Ogawa, 2021. "Does E-Commerce Ease or Intensify Tax Competition? Destination Principle vs. Origin Principle," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-1169, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
    14. Genser, Bernd & Schulze, Günther G., 1995. "Transfer pricing under an origin based VAT system," Discussion Papers, Series II 271, University of Konstanz, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 178 "Internationalization of the Economy".
    15. Genser, Bernd & Haufler, Andreas, 1996. "Tax policy and the location decision of firms," Discussion Papers, Series II 306, University of Konstanz, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 178 "Internationalization of the Economy".
    16. Richard M. Bird, 2013. "Below the Salt: Decentralizing Value-Added Taxes," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1302, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
    17. Stéphanie Guichard & Claire Lefebvre, 1997. "Pour ou contre le système commun de TVA ?," Working Papers 1997-13, CEPII research center.

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