Ceding Control European Integration and Consumption Taxes
As the postcommunist governments began to devise their tax systems in ways that were compatible with and supportive of their democratic and capitalist transformations, they paid close attention to the tax forms in Western Europe. In part, the East Europeans were searching for solutions to fiscal pro...
Saved in:
Published in | Tax Politics in Eastern Europe p. 42 |
---|---|
Main Author | |
Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
Published |
United States
University of Michigan Press
28.07.2011
|
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Summary: | As the postcommunist governments began to devise their tax systems in ways that were compatible with and supportive of their democratic and capitalist transformations, they paid close attention to the tax forms in Western Europe. In part, the East Europeans were searching for solutions to fiscal problems. They also, however, began quickly to fuse their domestic economic transformations with their geopolitical goal of deepening ties to the West and severing ties to the East. It is striking just how early the postcommunist leaders adopted a pro-European rhetoric, with many politicians embracing the slogan of a “Return to Europe” in 1990 |
---|---|
ISBN: | 9780472117765 0472117769 |