The benefit and the burden:tax reform--why we need it and what it will take/ Bruce Bartlett.
Physical description:
xiii, 271 p. 25 cm.;
Bibliographic notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-244) and index.;
Edition:
1st SImon & Schuster hardcover ed.;
Author(s): BARTLETT, Bruce R.;
ISBN:
9781451646252 (pbk.;
Subjects: Taxation --United States.;
Income tax --United States.;
Fiscal policy --United States.;
Formatted contents notes:
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.;
Publisher:
New York : Simon & Schuster , 2012.;
Call number: 336.2'050973 BAR;
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0 $aA 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.
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