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Daniel S. Goldberg

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2011

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E Tax: The Flat Tax As An Electronic Credit Vat, Daniel S. Goldberg Apr 2011

E Tax: The Flat Tax As An Electronic Credit Vat, Daniel S. Goldberg

Daniel S. Goldberg

The article builds on the Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax and proposes a consumption tax called the “E Tax,” which is an electronically collected credit invoice VAT. The Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax is a two-tier consumption tax that is based on a subtraction method VAT. The Hall-Rabushka nuance, however, allows a deduction for wages as if they were purchases of materials by the employer. Wage earners would be taxed on those wages at rates that could be set as graduated or flat, with or without a zero rate or bracket amount and with or without personal exemptions and deductions. Hall and Rabushka proposed …