Insofar as procedural checks are concerned, in 77 of the economies which allow for a VAT cash refund in the Doing Business case scenario, a claim for a VAT refund will probably lead to an additional review being conducted before approving the VAT cash refund.
Alm J. This is likely to reduce the flow of funds to the private sector.
Romer, Christina, and David Romer. The efficiency with which tax revenue is converted into public goods and services varies around the world. In Hong Kong SAR, China, and Saudi Arabia, for example, the standard case study firm would have to make only three payments a year, the lowest number of payments globally.
National output and incomes are directly increased by the amount of the government purchase and that amount then has the usual multiplier effect on aggregate demand, just like an increase in private investment. This number excludes the 28 economies that do not levy VAT and four economies where the purchase of a machine is exempted from VAT.
Recent data from the World Development Indicators and the Human Development Index show that economies such as Ireland and Malaysia—which all have relatively low total tax rates—generate tax revenues efficiently and convert the gains into high-quality public goods and services figure 2.