No. 19 — May 12, 2000

Feature Article

A LOOK AT JAPAN'S CONSUMPTION TAX

Hiroyuki Takahashi

• Summary
• The Current Consumption Tax
• The Horizontal Equity And Regressiveness Of Consumption Tax
• Allocation Of Consumption Tax Revenue
• Why Raise The Consumption Tax?
• Consumption Tax Rate Hike And Multiple Consumption Tax Rates
• Problems With The Consumption Tax
• Fixing The Consumption Tax
• Social Welfare Tax
• Banking Tax, Nonincome-Based Tax And Consumption Taxes
• Appendix
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Weekly Review

• Japanese Economic Indicators Point Upward, More Or Less
  --- by Douglas Ostrom
• First Postwar Failure Of Nonlife Insurer Raises Warning Flag
  --- by Jon Choy
• Clinton-Mori Meeting Features Ceremony Rather Than Substance
  --- by Barbara Wanner
• Notes
  • Telecommunications And Deregulation

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