Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/243364 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2021/38
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper explores the distributional impact of lowering the value-added tax rate for standard-rated items in Tanzania Mainland. Using a static tax-benefit microsimulation model- TAZMOD-which is underpinned by data derived from the Household Budget Survey 2017/18, reductions in value-added taxes from 18 per cent to 17 per cent and 16 per cent are simulated. The revenue losses and impact on poverty are estimated. The rules for direct taxes are then modified in order to identify ways in which the revenue loss caused by the lowering of the standard rate of value-added taxes can be recouped.
Subjects: 
value-added tax
microsimulation
redistribution
revenue
Tanzania
JEL: 
H23
H53
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-976-1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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