Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/248822 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
JRC Working Papers on Taxation and Structural Reforms No. 09/2020
Publisher: 
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Seville
Abstract: 
This paper contributes to the literature on the distributional properties of VAT analysing who bears higher VAT payments between native and migrant household in France, Germany and Spain. The question is of interest both from a distributional and fiscal perspective, fitting the ongoing debate of the net fiscal impact of immigration. Using data from the 2010 EU HBS and a simple VAT calculator we show the existence of gaps in effective VAT rates between native and migrant households in France and in Spain, while no significant gap is observed in Germany. Our results also confirm the existing evidence on the regressivity of VAT with respect to income. These findings suggest that the fairness consequences of VAT reforms should be carefully assessed and advocate for the importance of considering indirect taxation when assessing the fiscal cost of migration.
Subjects: 
VAT
redistribution
migration
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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