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Other authors / contributors: | Singh, Raju, author.
Lockwood, Benjamin (Economist), author.
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Department, issuing body.
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ISBN: | 9781451854855 1451854854 9781451900101 1451900104
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Notes: | "July 2004." At head of title: Fiscal Affairs Department. Includes bibliographical references. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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Summary: | Annotation The value-added tax (VAT) in China has the unusual feature that capital goods are included in the VAT base. In addition, most services are subject to the business tax, which is not creditable against VAT, but which accrues to local governments, and operates as a turnover tax. on grounds of economic efficiency, it would be desirable to eliminate these distortions so that domestic producers are not increasingly placed at a disadvantage as China dismantles tariff and nontariff barriers on competing goods. Reforming indirect taxation would however generate considerable revenue losses for local governments and, in the absence of any compensatory mechanisms, there would be significant impediments to the needed reforms. This paper focuses on the extent of revenue losses, their distribution across provinces, and possible options for compensation.
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Other form: | Print version: Ehtisham Ahmad. Taxation reforms and changes in revenue assignments in China. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2004
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