Taxing Ourselves - 2nd Edition: A Citizen's Guide to the Great Debate over Tax Reform - Softcover

Joel Slemrod

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262692627 ISBN 13: 9780262692625

Publisher: The MIT Press, 2001

Synopsis

In Taxing Ourselves, Joel Slemrod and Jon Bakija offer a guide to the tax reform debate in clear, nontechnical language without misleading the reader with oversimplifications. The second edition takes account of tax developments through 1998, examines recent research on the economic impact of taxation, and includes a new appendix containing the key statistics on the U.S. tax system throughout its history. The book gives a historical perspective on taxation in the United States along with a concise description of our current federal income tax system. It reviews basic criteria by which tax policy should be judged and examines how the tax burden is distributed. The book then covers the key elements of various tax reform proposals, including a single rate, a clean base, and a consumption base. The book closes with a voter's guide to tax reform for the concerned citizen to keep handy, to help separate fact from fiction and reality from campaign promises.

About this title

About the Authors

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 Associate Professor of Economics at Williams College and Visiting Associate Professor of Law at Cornell University Law School, 2007-2008.

Edition details

• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262692627
• ISBN 13: 9780262692625
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 360