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Efficiency in Value Added Tax in Sub-National Governments in India: An Empirical Analysis

VISION: Journal of Indian Taxation

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Title Efficiency in Value Added Tax in Sub-National Governments in India: An Empirical Analysis
 
Creator Mohanty, Asit Ranjan
Patra, Suresh Kumar
., Satyendra Kumar
 
Subject Value Added Tax; Urbanization, Bank Credit; Random effect; Hausman test.
 
Description The present study attempts to analyse whether the VAT efficiency has improved after its implementation. Further, we examine the major determinants of VAT efficiency for 17 non-special category Indian states for the period 2000-01 to 2014-15. Using random effect model (as suggested by Hausman test), the urbanization ratio, billing and collection efficiency, bank credit ratio and share of agriculture sector are found to have a favourable effect on VAT efficiency while the share of the unregistered manufacturing sector and share of services sector have an adverse impact on VAT efficiency. Besides, the study also reveals that tax efficiency has come down in the aftermath of the implementation of the VAT in India. As regards policy implication, initiatives by the government for the high level of urbanization, raising billing and collection efficiency, providing more bank credit and encouraging agricultural activities would enhance the VAT efficiency. Since the coefficient of the VAT dummy is negative in the model, the government may revise the existing tax system and adopt a suitable taxation system that solves the problem in the current tax structure.
 
Publisher Journal Press India
 
Date 2018-04-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.myresearchjournals.com/index.php/VISION/article/view/11779
10.17492/vision.v4i02.11779
 
Source VISION : Journal of Indian Taxation; Vol 4, No 02 (2018)
2347-4475
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.myresearchjournals.com/index.php/VISION/article/view/11779/11181
 
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