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Would a financial transactions tax be more efficient and equitable than the goods and services tax? : an analysis of the Alliance's proposal to replace GST with FTT.

Title
Would a financial transactions tax be more efficient and equitable than the goods and services tax? : an analysis of the Alliance's proposal to replace GST with FTT.
Publication
Wellington : New Zealand Busines Roundtable, 1996.

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Additional Authors
New Zealand Business Roundtable.
Description
vii, 72 p.; 30 cm.
Summary
The Alliance proposes to replace the goods and services tax (GST) with a financial transactions tax (FTT). This report examines whether FTT should be preferred to GST on efficiency and equity grounds. It also analyses whether FTT would be a desirable tax if GST were retained. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. The Alliance's Proposal 3. Criteria for a Good Tax System 4. General Evaluation of FTT and GST 5. Should a Selective Tax be Imposed on Financial Transactions? 6. An Evaluation of the Alliance's Arguments. 7. Conclusion.
Alternative Title
  • Analysis of the Alliance's proposal to replace GST with FTT
  • Financial transactions tax
Subject
  • Alliance (Political party : N.Z.) > Platforms
  • Taxation > New Zealand
  • Banks and banking > Taxation > New Zealand
  • Value-added tax > New Zealand
Genre/Form
Political platforms
Note
  • "December 1996."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-72).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
1877148237
OCLC
  • 55675172
  • SCSB-9919044
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library