Economic Arguments for a New Consumption Tax

John Freebairn

The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 1992, vol. 3, issue 1, 14-35

Abstract: The revenue, efficiency, distributional and simplicity effects of using a GST to replace some existing indirect taxes and to reduce income taxation are assessed. Replacing the wholesale sales tax (WST), the general revenue raising portion of petroleum excise and payroll tax with a goods and services tax (GST) promises efficiency gains and negligible net redistribution. The principal case for using a GST to fund reductions in Australia's hybrid income tax system is to increase the productivity of saving and investment.

Date: 1992
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