The Rise of the Value-Added Tax (Hardcover)

1. The rise of the value-added tax; Part I. The Rise of the Value-Added Tax ? Exploring the Gap between Expectation and Delivery: 2. An introduction to the good VAT; 3. An introduction to the many real VATs in existence; Part II. Explaining the Rise of the VAT: 4. The conventional approach to explaining the rise of the VAT; 5. Toward an alternative approach to explaining the rise of the VAT; Part III. Case Studies on the Real-World Challenges of VAT Reform: 6. Australia; 7. The United States; 8. Conclusions on the rise of the value-added tax.