Is the Only Good Tax an Old Tax? A Historical Perspective on the GST Debate

Julie Smith

No 398, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University

Abstract: This paper critiques the arguments put by the Howard Government for an unadulterated, flat rate GST policy, by taking the characterisation of the current wholesale sales tax (WST) as an outdated tax without design or logic, ans showing this view to be historically wrong and superficial. It does so by exploring the social reasoning adopted politically in constructing and evolving the sales tax, and its interaction with other taxes.

Keywords: TAXATION; GOVERNMENT; FISCAL POLICY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E62 H21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 1999
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