Vast Majority of the Senate Appears to be Against a VAT.

by Geoffrey MacLeay | Apr 19, 2010 | Taxation, VAT

Last Thursday, the Senate took a vote on a non-binding “sense of the Senate” resolution concerning a Value Added Tax.  The result was an 85-13 victory for the anti-VAT side.  The roll call can be found here.  The statement of purpose read as follows:  Expressing the...

A VAT Means Tax Day Is Every Day

by Dan Mitchell | Apr 15, 2010 | Blogs, Taxation

Caroline Baum of Bloomberg has a good column against the value-added tax, in part because she quotes me, but more so because she effectively explains that a national sales tax like the VAT would be an add-on tax that would finance much bigger government:  As Americans...

Bashing the VAT in the New York Post.

by Dan Mitchell | Apr 12, 2010 | Blogs, Europe, Taxation, VAT

My life is now devoted to saving America from the European-style national sales tax known as the value-added tax. Writing in the New York Post, I explain that the impact of a VAT in Europe is bigger government, not smaller deficits: The real-world evidence shows that...

Say No to a VAT.

by Dan Mitchell | Feb 27, 2010 | Blogs, Taxation

With the VAT becoming an ever-bigger issue, Dan Mitchell discusses the issue on CNBC. Dan’s opponent winds up agreeing with him:

Coalition for Tax Competition Condemns the Value Added Tax

by CF&P | Dec 8, 2009 | News, Press Releases

Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Tuesday, December 8, 2009 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org Coalition for Tax Competition Condemns the Value Added Tax (Washington, D.C., Tuesday, December 8, 2009) The Center for Freedom and...