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Value Added Tax Information Resource

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VAT to Replace CorpIncTax = Fair Trade, Jobs, Growth (Bill Clinton explains)

VAT to Replace CorpIncTax = Fair Trade, Jobs & Growth

VAT, subtracted from exports and added to imports, will result in less outsourcing and more manufacturing jobs.

Fareed Zakaria: Our corrupt tax code has degraded the entire system of American government.

Zakaria, Fareed, “America needs a 2-page tax code,” Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN, 03/24/2012

The simplest fix to our tax code would be would be to lower the income tax dramatically, lower the corporate tax, and instead raise revenues through a national sales tax, or a value-added tax (VAT).

Stockman

Stockman, David: “We Need a Value Added Tax,” WSJ Report w/Maria Bartiromo, 08/11/11

David Stockman: “We need a value added tax.”

Featured Article

Bartlett, Bruce, “Tax Reform That Works; Building a Solid Fiscal Foundation with a VAT,” New America Foundation, 11/30/12

In advocating a Value Added Tax, this concise paper by Bruce Bartlett takes on the myths about VAT and the mistaken … [Read More...]

WSJ Interview, Mitt Romney, “On Taxes, ‘Modeling,’ and the Vision Thing,” 12/24/11

Merry Christmas!  Mitt Romney, in an interview, today, with The Wall Street Journal expresses his open-mindedness … [Read More...]

White, James R., Director, Strategic Issues, GAO, “Value-Added Taxes: Potential Lessons for the United States from Other Countries’ Experiences,” Testimony Before the Committee on Ways and Means, July 26, 2011

“…Some available data from our study countries indicate a VAT may be less expensive and easier to administer than an … [Read More...]

Altshuler, Rosanne, Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Testimony Before the Committee on Ways and Means, Hearing on Tax Reform and Consumption-Based Tax Systems, July 26, 2011

…“A VAT is a type of consumption tax that is similar to a retail sales tax but is collected in smaller increments … [Read More...]

Hufbauer, Gary Clyde and Woan Foong Wong, “Corporate Tax Reform for a New Century,” Policy Brief, Peterson Institute for International Economics, April, 2011

“In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama stressed four ingredients of American prosperity: faster … [Read More...]

  • Domenici-Rivlin, “Restoring America’s Future,” The Debt Reduction Task Force, BipartisanPolicy.org, 11/17/10

Featured Op/Ed

Porter, Eduardo, “A Tax Code of Politics, Not Practicality,” NYTimes.com, 04/10/2012

What would a better tax system look like? One with a Value Added Tax (VAT).

Burman, Leonard E., “Tax Reform to Encourage Growth, Reduce the Deficit, Promote Fairness,” Senate Budget Committee Hearing, 03/01/12

Leonard Burman testimony on Tax Reform (VAT) at Senate Budget Committee Hearing suggests VAT does not tax savings and would be more conducive to growth. VAT could be used to constrain spending by earmarking it to pay for health care costs.

  • Hollings, Sen. Fritz, “Shameful Conduct,” HuffingtonPost.com, 10/05/11

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Recent Posts

  • OECD, “Consumption Tax Trends, VAT/GST and Excise Rates, Trends and Administration Issues,” December, 2012
  • Simpson-Bowles and a Smarter Tax System to Spur Growth
  • Brooks, David, “Let’s Talk About X,” The New York Times, 11/30/12
  • Bartlett, Bruce, “Tax Reform That Works; Building a Solid Fiscal Foundation with a VAT,” New America Foundation, 11/30/12
  • Porter, Eduardo, “Broader Tax For Fighting Inequality,” New York Times, 11/28/12
  • Hollings, Sen. Fritz, “Critical Needs Ignored,” HuffingtonPost.com, 11/07/12
  • Bartlett, Bruce, “Support The VAT,” Forbes.com 10/23/09
  • VAT to Replace CorpIncTax = Fair Trade, Jobs & Growth
  • Stockman, David A., “Paul Ryan’s Fairy-Tale Budget, The New York Times, 08/13/12
  • Hollings, Sen. Fritz, “Fighting in Trade War,” HuffingtonPost.com, 08/10/12
  • Alm, James and Asmaa El-Ganainy, “Value-added Taxation and Consumption,” Tulane University Economics Working Paper 1203, July 2012
  • Sen. Orrin Hatch (Again) Miscasts VAT
  • Domenici-Rivlin Ditch DRST (VAT), testimony before Senate Finance Committee, 06/19/12
  • Gale, William G., “Inoculate the Budget from Health Care Reform,” TaxPolicyCenter.org, 05/08/12
  • Barro, Josh, “Soak the Old? Why a VAT Is Distributionally Fair, Forbes.com, 05/03/12
  • Hollings, Sen. Fritz, “Making Romney Electable,” HuffingtonPost.com, 04/25/12
  • Lind, Michael, “A Radical Tax Solution,” Salon.com, 04/24/12
  • Porter, Eduardo, “A Tax Code of Politics, Not Practicality,” NYTimes.com, 04/10/2012
  • Hollings, Sen. Fritz, “Untying the Knot,” HuffingtonPost.com, 04/09/12
  • If Obamacare Is Overturned
  • Zakaria, Fareed, “America needs a 2-page tax code,” Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN, 03/24/2012
  • Mitchell, Daniel J., “Tax Reform to Encourage Growth, Reduce the Deficit, Promote Fairness,” Senate Budget Committee Hearing, 03/01/12
  • Burman, Leonard E., “Tax Reform to Encourage Growth, Reduce the Deficit, Promote Fairness,” Senate Budget Committee Hearing, 03/01/12
  • Toder, Eric, Jim Nunns and Joseph Rosenberg, “Implications of Different Bases for a VAT,” Tax Policy Institute, 02/12
  • Hollings, Sen. Fritz, “Building the Economy,” HuffingtonPost.com, 02/14/12
  • O’Shaughnessy, Revere Copper Chrmn., Calls for VAT to Spur Growth
  • Hollings, Sen. Fritz, “It’s the Economy, Stupid,” HuffingtonPost.com, 01/27/12
  • The “SMART Tax” Proposal

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