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Value Added Tax and Economic Development: Focus on Human Capital Development

Abstract This study investigates the impact of Value Added Tax on Economic Development and Human Capital Development from 1994 to 2022. Employing a longitudinal research design, the study utilizes data specific to Nigeria and obtained from the office of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the Statistical Bulletin of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the World Bank. The collected data is then analyzed using the Johansen Co-integration, Vector Error Correction Model, and Vector Autoregressive analysis technique. The research establishes a connection between Value Added Tax (VAT) and …