• Korea Trade Review
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.215-238
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• 2018

Tariff reduction from FTAs are applied to imported goods, but not to traveler's goods. There are difficulties in meeting the FTA's conditions for free tariff application, such as origin of goods and direct transportation. This study suggests the optimal cut-off level of a simple tax rate applied to traveler's goods with respect to traveler' welfare and government tax revenue. Among three different scenarios of simple tax reductions by ordering its weighted magnitude of effects, the optimal tariff was found to be 2% applied to all goods. The effects of a 2% reduction of simple tax rate would increase traveler' welfare by 16.8 billion won and reduce tax revenue by only 0.34 billion won.

• Journal of Venture Innovation
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.165-182
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• 2020

This research shows solutions for relieving the reversibility of the VAT system, and the solutions will be reviewed with current issues about supporting welfare. The Followings provide practical implementing solutions for each issue. Since the VAT is taxed for all goods and services as a general consumption tax, it is efficient tax policy for resource allocation comparing to income tax. On the other hand, because of the reversibility of the tax burden is also treated as a non-effective tax system for fair taxation. Even it is a non-effective tax system, the VAT system takes the most portion from the total national tax. In South Korea economic system, it is hard to raise the VAT rate because the economic effects are tremendous. For the long-term, the possibility of increasing the VAT rate is unavoidable, considering the economy, society, environment and energy, and aging. Therefore, a variety of substituted policies for the reversibility should be covered once there is a conference for the increase in the VAT rate. This research provides foundational solutions by acknowledging the reversibility of the tax burden in terms of the effective value-added tax rate. The followings are four solutions. First, it is required to adjust the duty-free system for relieving the reversibility and expand the tax-free system as well as individual consumption tax items. Second, The relief of reversibility should be worked by imposing higher the tax rate for high-income people' goods and services. Third, the adjustment of the duty-free system could be considered due to relieve the reversibility of the VAT. Last, it is considered to adjust of the simplified taxation system because the simplified taxation system is seriously against the tax-transfer principles.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.135-155
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• 2006

The purpose of this paper IS to examine the differences of cognition between self-management and corporation in report and payment of Value Added Tax. And then We want to suggest the policy of improvements to reduce the resistance of tax-payer in V.A.T. Data was collected for 250 firms' samples from the self-employed and corporation in Daegu Seongseo Industry District. The main results of empirical study are as follows. First, Value Added Tax is not fair in all companies. But It couldn't find the differences between self-employed a d corporation in statistical meaning. Second, It was found the cooperatives generally think to pay the taxes in rule, but self-employed not do it in the report and payment of Value Added Tax. But we couldn't find the important differences between self-employed and corporation in statistical meaning. We propose to improve the polices of introduction of tax rates of multiples in the charging and to redesign the definition of a tax-payer of value added tax to reduce the resistance in report and payment.