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VAT exemption on exported services not good proposal

International best practice stipulates that VAT should be a tax borne by the end-user of either goods or services. [Courtesy]

Winston Churchill once contended that “for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”

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