Tax breaks and WTO

[Max Sawicky]

yup

mbs

On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Max B. Sawicky wrote:

> The VAT is entirely "GATT-legal." It is widely held to
> be regressive.  It is also said to imply a zero rate of
> tax on capital, since all investment is deductible in
> the year of expenditure.
> 
> I have a paper arguing against the conventional view,
> but unfortunately it's buried in another, much longer
> paper.

Are you saying there's an argument to be made that VAT is not regressive?

Michael

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