Bulletin n. 2-3/2013 | ||
February 2014 | ||
Benge Matt, Pallot Marie, Slack Hamish |
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Possible lessons for the US from New Zealand's GST | ||
in National Tax Journal , volume 66 n.2 , 2013 , 479-98 | ||
New Zealand's broad-based GST has often been suggested as a desirable model for a value added tax. This paper explains how New Zealand s GST works and discusses how its broad-based approach came about, why this has been acceptable in New Zealand when it has not been in many other countries, and outlines what we see as problem areas of the tax. | ||