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Stats bureau to refine retail sales statistics regime

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Strap yourselves in folks – this entry gets pretty wonky. We think the stats bureau (NBS) is quietly laying the ground work for consumption tax reforms.

At the January 28-29 National Statistical Work Conference, the NBS pledged to “continue promoting location-based statistical accounting for retail...