The benefit and the burden tax reform--why we need it and what it will take /
A spirited and insightful examination of the need for American tax reform--arguably the most overdue political debate facing the nation--from one of the most legendary political thinkers, advisers, and writers of our time.
| Main Author: | Bartlett, Bruce R., 1951- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2012.
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| Physical Description: |
xiii, 271 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Edition: | 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. |
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Table of 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
- Some 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 value-added tax
- The case against a value-added tax
- What should be done about the Bush tax cuts?
- If tax reform happens, it will be because Grover Norquist permits it.