Value Added Tax : A Comparative Approach (Hardcover, 2 Revised edition)

1. Introduction; 2. Forms of consumption-based taxes and altering the tax base; 3. Varieties of VAT in use; 4. Registration, taxpayer, and taxable business activity; 5. Taxable supplies of goods and services and tax invoices; 6. The tax credit mechanism; 7. Introduction to cross-border aspects of VAT; 8. Timing and valuation rules; 9. Zero rating and exemptions and government entities and nonprofit organizations; 10. VAT evasion and avoidance; 11. Gambling and financial services (other than insurance); 12. Insurance; 13. Real property; 14. An anatomy of China's VAT; 15. Interjurisdictional aspects of VAT in federal countries and common markets.