Republican state Rep. Jay Dean of Longview recently proposed a bill to replace school maintenance and operations property taxes with a value-added tax. The news might sound like music to the ears of ...

This paper examines the efficiency of the Value Added Tax (VAT), focusing on its role as a revenue-raising tool and its use to achieve non-revenue objectives. The analysis highlights the VAT's ...

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday initiating a new reciprocal tariff system. This policy adjustment seeks to counterbalance the tariffs, taxes and subsidies that ...

The president says the VAT system used across Europe gives other countries unfair trade advantages. Here’s how the system started. By Jenny Gross and Keith Bradsher Jenny Gross reported from London, ...