Click here to view the full article as an Adobe Acrobat PDF. The VAT is an old idea in tax policy that, despite periodic consideration, has not been adopted in the United States.[1] The absence of a ...

The period of zero VAT on certain basic consumer goods – baby milk, nappies, female hygiene products and frozen fruit and veg – that was due to expire at the end of the year, will instead be extended ...

In a recent letter, Timothy Roscoe Carter correctly notes that a universal basic income (UBI) financed by increasing progressive income tax rates would not subsidize the wealthy. Unfortunately, Carter ...

Amid increasing prices and people’s decreasing purchasing power, the Value Added Tax on basic food products has been reduced from 8 to 1 percent. Economists warn that this reduction may not affect the ...

Consumer organisations are now calling on the government to eliminate VAT on more basic foodstuffs and are urging the authorities not to tie the costs of locally produced goods intended for local ...

Shas head Aryeh Deri said this evening on Radio Kol Chai that if Netanyahu met his two non-negotiable conditions, Shas could join the coalition. The first condition is removing the VAT tax on basic ...