1st Edition

Contemporary Issues in Taxation Research

Edited By David Salter, Andy Lymer Copyright 2003
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

This book is based upon papers presented at the 10th Annual Conference of the Tax Research Network held at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, in September 2000. The book covers four discrete areas namely compliance, e-commerce and taxation, international taxation and taxation within the European Union, and value added tax, and focuses within those areas on issues of topical and... Read more
Contents: Introduction: Contemporary issues in taxation research: an overview, Andy Lymer and David Salter; Putting research into practice, Francesca Lagerberg. Compliance: Tax practitioners and tax compliance, Peggy Hite, John Hasseldine, Abeer Al-Khoury, Simon James, Steve Toms and Marika Toumi; A survey of tax evasion using the randomized response technique, Jodie Houston and Alfred Tran; Research methodology for estimating the compliance costs of the goods and services tax in Australia, Jeff Pope. E-Commerce and Taxation: Electronic commerce and international taxation: a preliminary analysis, Jane Frecknall Hughes and Keith W. Glaister; International direct taxation of e-commerce: developing a new conceptual model from marketing principles, Catherine Pilkington and Susan Farron. International Taxation: International and European Union Initiatives: Recent policy initiatives in the international taxation of capital, Michael P. Devereux; The political economy of EU direct tax policy, Claudio M. Radaelli. Value-Added Tax: VAT supplies of services: a definition in search of a meaning, Ian Roxan; Best practice in tax administration: a study of the interaction between VAT advisors and customs officers, Ann Hansford and John Hasseldine; Addressing the regressivity of a value-added tax (VAT): lessons from Singapore's experience with the goods and services tax (GST), Eng-Hin Poh; Index.

Biography

Andy Lymer, University of Birmingham, UK and David Salter, University of Warwick, UK

'The Tax Research Network annual conference always produces exciting and innovative tax research work. These developed proceedings from one of their recent conferences reflects the leading edge discussion of many key tax research areas.' Associate Professor Chris Evans, The University of New South Wales, Australia and Director of the Australian Tax Studies Program (ATax)