01782cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015429 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513524634 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept. United Arab Emirates : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (36 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <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 This Selected Issues paper discusses measures to strengthen fiscal policy and budget frameworks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It provides an overview of government's revenue and expenditure developments, and presents fiscal sustainability analysis that is most relevant to countries with large hydrocarbon wealth such as the UAE. The paper discusses measures to contain expenditure growth-controlling the public wage bill, reducing subsidies and transfers, and stabilizing other expense in real terms. It also proposes options to increase nonhydrocarbon revenue such as broadening corporate income tax with lower rates, introducing a low rate-broad based value added tax, and levying an excise tax on automobiles. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2015/220 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2015/220/002.2015.issue-220-en.xml IMF e-Library