Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen's Guide to the Debate over Taxes

Joel Slemrod; Jon M. Bakija

ISBN 10: 026269302X / ISBN 13: 9780262693028

Verlag: Mit Pr, 2004

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G026269302XI3N00

Inhaltsangabe:

"Citizens should read Taxing Ourselves before casting their votes in local, state, and national elections. Politicians should read Taxing Ourselves before taxing us."
—Richard C. Schiming, Business Library Review


To follow the debate over tax reform, the interested citizen is forced to choose between misleading sound bites and academic treatises. Taxing Ourselves bridges the gap between the two by presenting in clear nontechnical language the key issues in tax reform: who should pay taxes, how taxes affect the economy, and whether to reform or replace the current tax system. The authors discuss various alternative proposals in detail, including the flat tax and the sales tax, but they are not advocates for any of them; instead, they provide readers with the knowledge and the tools—including an informative overview of the U.S. tax system and an invaluable voter's guide to the tax policy debate—to make their own informed choices about how we should tax ourselves.

The third edition of this popular guide has been extensively revised and updated to cover all changes in tax laws through May 2003 and to reflect the most recent research and relevant data. It also provides new or expanded treatment of issues in the current debate, including tax cuts and whether they stimulate the economy, savings incentives, double taxation of corporate income, the estate tax, corporate tax shelters, and the economic and political effects of budget deficits.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen's Guide to the ...
Verlag: Mit Pr
Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket