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The introduction of a tax credit led to increased reported sales, but analysis shows that this was not due to significant price increases. Data from consumer price responses indicates minimal and statistically insignificant changes in prices following the policy. Consequently, the rise in sales is attributed to improved VAT compliance rather than higher prices for consumers.

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The introduction of a tax credit led to increased reported sales, but analysis shows that this was not due to significant price increases. Data from consumer price responses indicates minimal and statistically insignificant changes in prices following the policy. Consequently, the rise in sales is attributed to improved VAT compliance rather than higher prices for consumers.

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Slide-1
As we saw in Table 4, the introduction of the tax credit led to a significant increase in
reported sales. However, an important question arises — was this increase due to actual
improvement in tax compliance, or simply because firms increased their prices?
To answer this, the authors examine the consumer price response in Table 5.
Now let us look closely at Table 5,
“In column 1, the coefficient for Treat 2003 is –0.030. This suggests a very small decline in
prices.” If firms had increased their prices after the policy, we would expect to see large and
statistically significant treatment effects in this table.
In column 2, the 2006 expansion effect is –0.038, again small and statistically insignificant.
For Treat 2006, the coefficient is around 0.039 to 0.040 across columns. This suggests a very
small increase in prices, but again it is not statistically significant
Therefore, the rise in reported sales cannot be fully explained by higher prices.
Slide-2
This graph presents the price trend for gardening services compared with a synthetic control
group
The solid line represents the actual price trend of the treated services. And the dashed line
represents the synthetic control — meaning the estimated price path if the tax credit had
not been introduced.
Since both lines move very closely together even after the policy introduction, it suggests
that the tax credit did not cause any major change in consumer prices
The vertical line indicates the year when the tax credit policy was implemented.
If the policy had increased prices, we would expect to see the treated line move upward
sharply after this point. However, we do not observe such divergence.

 Blue Line (center line) → Actual treatment effect

 Grey Lines (many thin lines) → Placebo effects from other sectors

 Vertical line → Policy year

If the policy had increased prices, we would see a clear gap between the treated and
synthetic line after the policy year. But we don’t see that gap. That’s why we conclude price
pass-through is limited.
Slide-3
As we can observe, the overall pattern remains consistent for other services as well.
Slide-4
Overall, the results show that there was no substantial increase in consumer prices after the
tax credit was introduced. There is limited evidence of tax credit pass-through to
consumers.
Therefore, the rise in reported sales reflects improved VAT compliance rather than higher
consumer prices.

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