Taxing Ourselves – A Citizen′s Guide to the Great Debate over Tax Reform (Paper) - Softcover

Slemrod, Joel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262692082 ISBN 13: 9780262692083

Publisher: MIT Press, 1998

Synopsis

Who should pay taxes, how should they be collected and how do they effect the economy? Should income tax be tinkered with, replaced with a flat tax, or left alone? This book presents all the data, analytical insight and related material bearing on tax reform, to explore the fundamental questions and choices inherent in tax policymaking. The authors review the key elements of fundamental tax reform proposals, including a single rate, a clean base and a consumption base. They also take a detailed look at the major alternatives for tax reform, providing concise guidelines that will make clear the choices involved in tax policy.

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Review

"Praise for the first edition: "Taxing Ourselves is one of the best books on taxation I have ever read." - Bruce Bartlett, Wall Street Journal; "For anybody interested in tax reform, yet confused by political polemic, Taxing Ourselves is an invaluable guide to the debate." - The Economist"

About the Author

Joel Slemrod is Paul W. McCracken Collegiate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy and Director of the Office of Tax Policy Research at the University of Michigan. Jon Bakija is Assistant Professor of Economics at Williams College.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262692082
• ISBN 13: 9780262692083
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320