Tax Administration Reforms in the Caribbean : Challenges, Achievements, and Next Steps /

Over the past decade, governments in the Caribbean region have introduced the value-added tax (VAT) to modernize their tax system, rapidly mobilize revenue and reduce budget deficits. This paper analyzes VAT performance in the region and concludes that while it has boosted revenues, the VAT has not...

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Autor principal: Schlotterbeck, Stephane
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/088
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF
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