Progressive Consumption Taxation
| Author | : Robert Carroll |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0844743941 |
The authors observe that consumption taxation is superior to income taxation because it does not penalize saving and investment and propose that the U.S. income tax system be completely replaced by a progressive consumption tax. They argue that the X tax, developed by the late David Bradford, offers the best form of progressive consumption taxation for the United States and outline concrete proposals for the X tax's treatment of numerous specific economic issues.
Tax Reform and the Tax Treatment of Financial Products
| Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 548 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Financial instruments |
| ISBN | : |
OECD Tax Policy Studies Tax Policy Reform and Economic Growth
| Author | : OECD |
| Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 157 |
| Release | : 2010-11-03 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9264091084 |
This report investigates how tax structures can best be designed to support GDP per capita growth.
U.S. Investment Since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
| Author | : Emanuel Kopp |
| Publisher | : International Monetary Fund |
| Total Pages | : 37 |
| Release | : 2019-05-31 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1498317049 |
There is no consensus on how strongly the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has stimulated U.S. private fixed investment. Some argue that the business tax provisions spurred investment by cutting the cost of capital. Others see the TCJA primarily as a windfall for shareholders. We find that U.S. business investment since 2017 has grown strongly compared to pre-TCJA forecasts and that the overriding factor driving it has been the strength of expected aggregate demand. Investment has, so far, fallen short of predictions based on the postwar relation with tax cuts. Model simulations and firm-level data suggest that much of this weaker response reflects a lower sensitivity of investment to tax policy changes in the current environment of greater corporate market power. Economic policy uncertainty in 2018 played a relatively small role in dampening investment growth.
The Benefit and The Burden
| Author | : Bruce Bartlett |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 354 |
| Release | : 2012-01-24 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1451646267 |
A thoughtful and surprising argument for American tax reform, arguably the most overdue political debate facing the nation, from one of the most respected political and economic thinkers, advisers, and writers of our time. THE UNITED STATES TAX CODE HAS UNDERGONE NO SERIOUS REFORM SINCE 1986. Since then, loopholes, exemptions, credits, and deductions have distorted its clarity, increased its inequity, and frustrated our ability to govern ourselves. By tracing the history of our own tax system and assessing the way other countries have solved similar problems, Bruce Bartlett explores the surprising answers to all these issues, giving a sense of the tax code’s many benefits—and its inevitable burdens. From one of the most respected political and economic thinkers, advisers, and writers of our time, The Benefit and the Burden is a thoughtful and surprising argument for American tax reform.
Financial sector taxation
| Author | : [Anonymus AC08741538] |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9789279187353 |
"The global economic and financial crisis has created important needs for fiscal consolidation. This document analyses potential instruments to raise additional tax revenues from the financial sector. The first section reviews the current policy objectives related to the taxation of the financial sector. The second section sheds some light on the current tax treatment of the financial sector. The third section discusses potential tax instruments to reach the goals. The fourth and fifth section respectively assess the advantages and drawbacks of a Financial Transaction Tax and a Financial Activities Tax."--Editor.
The Labyrinth of Capital Gains Tax Policy
| Author | : Leonard Burman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
" Few issues in tax policy are as divisive as the capital gains tax. Should capital gains--the increase in value of assets such as stocks or businesses--be taxed at all? If so, when should they be taxed--when they are earned, or when they are realized? Should taxes be adjusted for inflation? And should gains be taxed at both the individual and corporate levels? In this book, Leonard Burman cuts through the political rhetoric to present the facts about capital gains. He begins by explaining the complex rules that govern the taxation of capital gains, examines the kinds of assets that produce them, and the factors that can lead to gains or losses. He then reviews the effects of capital gains taxation on saving and investment and considers the arguments for and against indexing capital gains taxes for inflation, as well as other options for altering the current system. "
Taxing Wages 2021
| Author | : OECD |
| Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 651 |
| Release | : 2021-04-29 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9264438181 |
This annual publication provides details of taxes paid on wages in OECD countries. It covers personal income taxes and social security contributions paid by employees, social security contributions and payroll taxes paid by employers, and cash benefits received by workers. Taxing Wages 2021 includes a special feature entitled: “Impact of COVID-19 on the Tax Wedge in OECD Countries”.
