Our Selfish Tax Laws : Toward Tax Reform That Mirrors Our Better Selves /

Most of us think of tax as a pocketbook issue: how much we owe, how much we'll get back, how much we can deduct. In Our Selfish Tax Laws, Anthony Infanti takes a broader view, considering not just how taxes affect us individually but how the tax system reflects our culture and society. He finds...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Infanti, Anthony C., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Taxation > Law and legislation.
Law reform.
LAW > Military.
Droit > Reforme > États-Unis.
Law reform > United States.
Taxation > Law and legislation > United States.
United States.
Internet resources.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Preface; 1 A Tax Meditation on Selfishness; Attitudes toward Taxation; As American as Apple Pie?; Our Selfishness Is More Than Skin-Deep; Shouting into the Wind; Finding a Way Forward; Summing Up; 2 The Tax Mirror; A Short Course in Terminology; Law and Society; Public Law Transplants; Tax Law and Society; Tax as a Mirror; 3 Comparative Case Study: Housing Policy and Tax Law; United States; Canada; A Comparison of Neighbors; France; Spain; Encouraging Homeownership; A Comparison of Neighbors; Tax Law and Society; 4 Comparative Case Study: The Taxable Unit; United States

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