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Actually,VAT is a very effective method of indirect taxation & actually an anti-poor ,pro-rich method,because rich & poor pay the same tax for the same profuct...
If its ( huge) revenues could substitute a part of the income tax revenues,thus leading to lower income tax rates,then one could conditionally & with reservations agree to implementation of that tax,at a realistic rate,say,1%...