Economic and Political Perspectives on Recent Tax Reform in the United States
Author : Michael J. Boskin
Publisher :
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 30,21 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Tax incidence
ISBN :
Author : Michael J. Boskin
Publisher :
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 30,21 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Tax incidence
ISBN :
Author : David Brunori
Publisher : The Urban Insitute
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,8 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
A journalist, educator, and lawyer specializing in tax and government issues discusses the issues political leaders face when developing and implementing state tax policy, particularly basic state tax concepts, the political and theoretical issues involved, and the major policy issues facing state governments. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,56 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Comparative economics
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Author : Daniel N. Shaviro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 2006-12-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1139461109
The United States is moving toward a possible catastrophic fiscal collapse. The country may not get there, but the risk is unmistakable and growing. The 'fiscal language' of taxes, spending, and deficits has played a huge and under appreciated role in the decisions that have pushed the nation in this dangerous direction. Part of the problem is that by focusing only on the current year, deficits permit politicians to ignore what is looming down the road. The bigger problem lies in the belief, shared by people on the left and the right alike, that 'tax cuts' and 'spending cuts' lead to smaller government, when in fact the characterization of any new policy as a change in 'taxes' or in 'spending' is purely a matter of labeling. This book proposes a better fiscal language for US budgetary policy, rooted in economic fundamentals such as wealth distribution and resource allocation in lieu of 'taxes' and 'spending'.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 2005
Category :
ISBN : 1428934391
Author : Kenneth Scheve
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 34,26 MB
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0691178291
A groundbreaking history of why governments do—and don't—tax the rich In today's social climate of acknowledged and growing inequality, why are there not greater efforts to tax the rich? In this wide-ranging and provocative book, Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage ask when and why countries tax their wealthiest citizens—and their answers may surprise you. Taxing the Rich draws on unparalleled evidence from twenty countries over the last two centuries to provide the broadest and most in-depth history of progressive taxation available. Scheve and Stasavage explore the intellectual and political debates surrounding the taxation of the wealthy while also providing the most detailed examination to date of when taxes have been levied against the rich and when they haven't. Fairness in debates about taxing the rich has depended on different views of what it means to treat people as equals and whether taxing the rich advances or undermines this norm. Scheve and Stasavage argue that governments don't tax the rich just because inequality is high or rising—they do it when people believe that such taxes compensate for the state unfairly privileging the wealthy. Progressive taxation saw its heyday in the twentieth century, when compensatory arguments for taxing the rich focused on unequal sacrifice in mass warfare. Today, as technology gives rise to wars of more limited mobilization, such arguments are no longer persuasive. Taxing the Rich shows how the future of tax reform will depend on whether political and economic conditions allow for new compensatory arguments to be made.
Author : Henry Aaron
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 26,87 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780815707295
The tax system profoundly affects countless aspects of private behavior. It is a powerful policy influence on the distribution of income and it is the one aspect of government that almost every citizen cannot avoid. With tax reform high on the political agenda, this book brings together studies of leading tax economists and lawyers to assess the various reform proposals and examine the effects of tax reform in several distinct areas. Together, these studies and comments on them present a balanced evaluation of professional opinion on the issues that will be critical in the tax reform debate. The book addresses annual and lifetime distributional effects, saving, investment, transitional problems, simplification, home ownership and housing prices, charitable groups, international taxation, financial intermediaries and insurance, labor supply, and health insurance. In addition to Henry Aaron and William Gale, the contributors include Alan Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley; David Bradford, Princeton University; Charles Clotfelter, Duke University; Eric Engen, Federal Reserve; Don Fullerton, University of Texas; Jon Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Patric Hendershott, Ohio State; David Ling, University of Florida; Ronald Perlman, Covington & Burling; Diane Lim Rogers, Congressional Budget Office; John Karl Scholz, University of Wisconsin; Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan; and Robert Triest, University of California, Davis.
Author : James John Jurinski
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,37 MB
Release : 2012-04-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
An authoritative but accessible reference, this book enables anyone to truly understand both the background and operation of the U.S. tax system and current tax reform proposals. Dissatisfaction with high taxes is literally an American tradition; indeed, the American Revolution that led to the founding of the United States started as a tax revolt. Today, widespread displeasure with our tax system continues, as demonstrated by the strong anti-tax position of the recent Tea Party movement. Tax Reform: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition introduces lay readers to taxes in general, the U.S. tax system in particular, and the issues involved in reforming the system. Details regarding past tax reform measures are provided to lend relevance and perspective to recent tax reform proposals, such as replacing the income tax (and the IRS) with a federal sales tax. The author stresses political rather than technical issues, and presents all viewpoints on this hotly debated topic fairly.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 10,46 MB
Release : 2010-11-03
Category :
ISBN : 9264091084
This report investigates how tax structures can best be designed to support GDP per capita growth.
Author : United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 24,1 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Income tax
ISBN :