A hybrid consumption-based direct tax proposed for Bolivia |
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Authors: | Charles E. Mclure Jr. George R. Zodrow |
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Affiliation: | (1) Hoover Institution, 94305-6010 Stanford, California;(2) Rice University, Houston, Texas |
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Abstract: | In 1994 the authors designed a consumption-based direct tax for the government of Bolivia. The proposal combined yield exemption treatment (exemption of interest income and no deduction for interest expense) of individuals with consumed income tax treatment (taxation or deduction of the net proceeds of borrowing and lending, as well as interest income and expense) of business. This article explains why taxation based on cash flow has administrative and economic advantages over a conventional income tax and why the hybrid system proposed is preferable to either pure form of consumption-based tax. |
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Keywords: | consumption tax cash-flow tax |
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