01799cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000259 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451961584 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Pellechio, Anthony. Equivalence of the Production and Consumption Methods of Calcuting the Value-Added Tax Base : Application in Zambia / Anthony Pellechio, Catharine Hill. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996. 1 online resource (22 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Two methods of calculating the value-added tax (VAT) base, using production and consumption data, respectively, have been applied in different countries to estimate VAT revenue. It is not apparent that these methods should produce the same result for a particular country because each method requires different adjustments for exemptions. This paper establishes analytically the equivalence of the two methods. Both methods are applied to Zambia. Given the limitations of data, the two methods produce different results, yielding an estimated range for VAT revenue of 2-3 percent of GDP in 1995. Actual VAT revenue collected fell within this range. Mode of access: Internet Hill, Catharine. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/067 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1996/067/001.1996.issue-067-en.xml IMF e-Library