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Is Value Added Tax (VAT) Reform in India Poverty Improving? An Analysis Of Data From Five Major States

Value Added Tax (VAT) as introduced in India at state level from April 1, 2005 is widely acclaimed to be a better system than the sales tax on grounds of efficiency. However policy makers did not consider its impact on the distribution of income. Considering both the distributive and efficiency crit...

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Main Author: Poulomi Roy, Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Sudip Kumar Sinha
Format: Journal Article
Published: Indian Economic Review 2010

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