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The benefit and the burden : tax reform--why we need it and what it will take
- Title
- The benefit and the burden : tax reform--why we need it and what it will take / Bruce Bartlett.
- Author
- Bartlett, Bruce R., 1951-
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 271 p.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-244) and index.
- Contents
- A brief history of federal income taxation -- How a tax bill is made -- The definition of income -- How to understand tax rates -- The relationship between tax rates and tax revenues -- How taxes affect economic growth -- The question of progressivity -- Taxes and the business cycle -- How other countries tax themselves -- Spending through the tax code -- Taxes and the health system -- Tax preferences for housing -- How federal taxes affect the states -- The problem of charitable contributions -- The problem of taxing capital gains -- Unresolved issues in the taxation of corporations -- The problem of tax administration -- The history of tax reform -- The pros and cons of popular tax reform proposals -- The need for more revenue -- The case for a VAT -- The case against a VAT -- What should be done about the Bush tax cuts? -- If tax reform happens, it will be because Grover Norquist allows it.
- Call Number
- JBE 16-324
- ISBN
- 9781451646191
- 1451646194
- LCCN
- 2011048585
- OCLC
- 2011048585
- Author
- Bartlett, Bruce R., 1951-
- Title
- The benefit and the burden : tax reform--why we need it and what it will take / Bruce Bartlett.
- Imprint
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
- Edition
- 1st SImon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-244) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 16-324