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Black Swans: Recapitulative Statements/Vies (Vat) & Use Tax Reciprocity (Rst), Richard Thompson Ainsworth
Black Swans: Recapitulative Statements/Vies (Vat) & Use Tax Reciprocity (Rst), Richard Thompson Ainsworth
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There is fundamentally no difference between a value added tax (VAT), and a retail sales tax (RST) when it comes to collecting the tax on cross-border sales. If (under a VAT) a seller is allowed to “zero-rate” cross-border sales, or if (under a RST) a seller is exempt from collecting the tax on cross-border sales, the critical enforcement question is exactly the same – how does the system assure that the buyer will self-assess (and pay) the tax?
The simple answer is that the tax administration audits. The more complicated answer notes that the effectiveness of the audit (by the …