内容正文:
FUNDAMENTAL TAX REFORM:
TAXES ON CONSUMPTION AND WEALTH
Chapter 21
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How a Value-Added Tax Works
Producer Purchases Sales Value Added VAT at 20 Percent Rate
Farmer $ 0 $400 $ 400 $ 80
Miller 400 700 300 60
Baker 700 950 250 50
Grocer 950 1,000 50 10
Total $2,050 $3,050 $1,000 $200
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Efficiency and Equity of Personal Consumption Taxes
Efficiency issues
An income tax and saving and labor supply decisions
A consumption tax and saving and labor supply decisions
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Efficiency and Equity of Personal Consumption Taxes
Equity issues
Progressiveness
Ability to pay
Annual versus Lifetime Equity
A numerical example
A formal model
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Annual versus Lifetime Equity – A Numerical Example
Parameters
Income tax rate = 50%
Consumption tax rate = 50%
Interest rate = 10% Mr. Grasshopper Ms. Ant
Income tax Consumption tax Income tax Consumption tax
Income period 0 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Consumption period 0 $500 $500 $0 $0
Taxes period 0 $500 $500 $500 $0
Income period 1 $0 $0 $50 $100
Consumption period 1 $0 $0 $525 $550
Taxes period 1 $0 $0 $25 $550
Present Value of taxes paid $500 $500 $523 $500
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Annual versus Lifetime Equity – A Formal Model
Parameters
Income tax rate = t
Consumption tax rate = tc
Interest rate = r Income Tax
Mr. Grasshopper Ms. Ant
Income period 0 I0 I0
Consumption period 0 c0G c0A
Taxes period 0 tI0 tI0
Income period 1 r(I0 – c0G) r(I0 – c0A)
Taxes period 1 tr(I0 – c0G) tr(I0 – c0A)
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Annual versus Lifetime Equity – A Formal Model
Parameters
Income tax rate = t
Consumption tax rate = tc
Interest rate = r Consumption Tax
Mr. Grasshopper Ms. Ant
Present Value of Lifetime Income I0 = c0G + c1G/(1 + r) I0 = c0A + c1A/(1 + r)
Present Value of Lifetime Tax Liability RcG = tcc0G + tcc1G/(1 + r) =
tcI0 RcA = tcc0A + tcc1A/(1 + r) =
tcI0
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Retail Sales Tax
General sales tax
Percent of own-source revenue from sales taxes
State: 34.7%
Local: 10.0%
Selective sales tax (excise tax or differential