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Burger, Manda
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Schoeman, Anculien
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2021-08-30T11:25:11Z |
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2020 |
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Some countries have introduced receipt-based tax lotteries (value-added tax (VAT) lotteries) in recent years in an effort to improve tax compliance. This acknowledges that the traditional method of tax compliance enforcement through audits, fines and penalties alone may no longer be optimal. The idea of a VAT lottery is to incentivise consumers to ask for a receipt when paying for goods or services, which serves as a lottery ticket that gives the consumer an opportunity to win a prize.
The decline in tax compliance globally poses a threat to revenue collection and, ultimately, to governments’ ability to meet their spending commitments. Other countries, but particularly South Africa, may benefit from implementing a VAT lottery to assist in improved VAT collection. This study aims to analyse VAT lotteries that have been implemented across the world – particularly in the European Union (EU) member countries – through a systematised review in order to determine whether such a lottery could improve taxpayer compliance in South Africa.
Of the six EU member countries analysed in detail, four showed a decrease in the VAT gap in the years following the VAT lottery implementation. VAT gap data post-implementation was not available for two of the countries. Positive results include an increase in the number of vendors reported for refusing to issue invoices, a reduction in the number of non-validated receipts, and increased VAT collection. The finance ministers of two countries, and the Ministry of Finance of another, publicly declared the VAT lotteries successful. |
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dc.description.department |
Taxation |
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dc.description.embargo |
2022-05-08 |
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dc.description.librarian |
hj2021 |
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dc.description.uri |
https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsar20 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Manda Burger & Anculien Schoeman (2021) VAT lottery incentives: An
opportunity for South Africa?, South African Journal of Accounting Research, 35:2, 111-129, DOI: 10.1080/10291954.2020.1832309. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1029-1954 (print) |
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2376-3981 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1080/10291954.2020.1832309 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/81537 |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
NISC Pty (Ltd) and Informa Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group) |
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dc.rights |
© 2020 South African Journal of Accounting Research. This is an electronic version of an article published in South African Journal of Accounting Research, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 111-129, 2020. doi : 10.1080/10291954.2020.1832309. South African Journal of Accounting Research is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsar20. |
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dc.subject |
Award |
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dc.subject |
Behavior |
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dc.subject |
Incentive |
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Reward |
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Tax compliance |
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dc.subject |
VAT lottery |
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Value added tax (VAT) |
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dc.title |
VAT lottery incentives : an opportunity for South Africa? |
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dc.type |
Postprint Article |
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