Value added tax (VAT) or goods and services tax (GST), also known as indirect taxes, are consumption taxes levied on any value that is added to a product. These are considered indirect taxes since the ...

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 ...

Although Jay Dean isn’t my state representative, I’ve come to admire his honest opinions and courage to stand up against Gov. Greg Abbott’s maniacal push for school vouchers in recent years. So I’m a ...

One day a US presidential election will feature a serious debate about the serious fiscal challenge facing the American economy. But this election is not that election. In a middle-way estimate newly ...

Interest on the national debt in 2024 will cost a staggering $870 billion, a sum that exceeds the amount we spend on defense, which is the largest of the discretionary items in the budget, according ...