The Role of Value Added Tax in the Economy of Serbia
The Role of Value Added Tax in the Economy of Serbia
Author(s): Branimir Kalaš, Nada MilenkovićSubject(s): Economy, National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Društvo ekonomista "Ekonomika" Niš
Keywords: VAT;GDP;total revenues;tax revenues;Serbia;
Summary/Abstract: Value added tax has been applied for six decades now and it doesn’t represent a novelty in theory and practice. The aim of this paper is the effects of VAT on the economy and his relevance and position of total tax revenue. Authors emphasize significant share of this tax form in public finance of Serbia and the study is focused on a ten-year period 2005-2014. Using descriptive statistics and regression analysis, it’s determined the strong and positive correlation between logarithms values of value-added tax and gross domestic product, value-added tax revenues, value-added tax and total revenues, but there is statistically no significant effect of observed variables.
Journal: Економика - Часопис за економску теорију и праксу и друштвена питања
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 69-79
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English