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Institute for Fiscal Studies: Mirrlees Report
 
Simplify VAT to cut costs, raise revenue and help the poor, says study prepared for the Mirrlees Review

Embargoed until 0001am, Thursday 31st July 2008

  • Press release
  • Value-added tax and excises; Ian Crawford (Institute for Fiscal Studies and Oxford University), Michael Keen (International Monetary Fund) and Stephen Smith (UCL and IFS)
  • Commentary; Richard M. Bird (University of Toronto)
  • Commentary; Sijbren Cnossen (Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)
  • Commentary; Ian Dickson (Burleigh Evatt Consulting) and David White (Victoria University of Wellington)
  • Commentary; Jonathan Gruber (MIT and NBER)

IMPORTANT: Please note that this research is a submission to the Mirrlees Review and that the conclusions reached will not necessarily be adopted in the final report. We will be publishing a number of such submissions over the coming weeks and the Review team would welcome feedback to mirrleesreview@ifs.org.uk.