英文摘要 |
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of the proposed sales tax reform by establishing both the Taiwan computable general equilibrium model and the Input-Output model. We assess the economic effects of an increase in VAT and/or the partial removal of the commodity tax. This paper carefully specifies the sales tax structure to catch the effects of the sales tax reform on aggregate price level. The simulation results show that an increase in VAT rate has a negative impact on Taiwan’s economy. It causes real GDP, consumption, investment, exports, and imports to decrease, and aggregate price levels to rise. The package of an increase in VAT with the partial removal of the commodity tax will help to diminish the negative impact. |