VAT Fraud and Evasion : What Do We Know, and What Can be Done? /

Like any tax, the VAT is vulnerable to evasion and fraud. But its credit and refund mechanism does offer unique opportunities for abuse, and this has recently become an urgent concern in the European Union (EU). This paper describes the main forms of noncompliance distinctive to a VAT, considers how...

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Glavni avtor: Smith, Stephen
Drugi avtorji: Keen, Michael
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/031
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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