Decoding U.S. Corporate Tax (Paperback)

Daniel N. Shaviro

ISBN 10: 0877667578 / ISBN 13: 9780877667575

Published by Urban Institute Press,U.S., 2009

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Paperback. "The corporate tax could soon be headed in new directions," Dan Shaviro writes in Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax, wherein he assesses the threats to Americas corporate tax code and challenges conventional wisdom on the best avenues for reform. Shaviro dissects the vagaries of the law, lays out the fundamental policy issues, and considers the road ahead. As rising globalization, capital mobility, financial innovation, and political polarization combine to destabilize tax policy and government revenue, Shaviro maps the path to fair, revenue-generating reform. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decoding U.S. Corporate Tax (Paperback)
• Publisher: Urban Institute Press,U.S.
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877667578
• ISBN 13: 9780877667575
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

"The corporate tax could soon be headed in new directions," Dan Shaviro writes in Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax, wherein he assesses the threats to America’s corporate tax code and challenges conventional wisdom on the best avenues for reform. Shaviro dissects the vagaries of the law, lays out the fundamental policy issues, and considers the road ahead. As rising globalization, capital mobility, financial innovation, and political polarization combine to destabilize tax policy and government revenue, Shaviro maps the path to fair, revenue-generating reform.

About the Author

Daniel N. Shaviro is the Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation at New York University Law School. Before teaching law, he practiced at Caplin & Drysdale, a leading tax specialty firm, and served with the Joint Congressional Committee on Taxation, where he worked on the Tax Reform Act of 1986. In 1987, Shaviro began teaching at the University of Chicago Law School; in 1995, he moved to New York University. Shaviro's previous books include Taxes, Spending, and the U.S. Government's March toward Bankruptcy (2006), Who Should Pay for Medicare? (2004), Making Sense of Social Security Reform (2000), When Rules Change: An Economic and Political Analysis of Transition Relief and Retroactivity (2000), and Do Deficits Matter? (1997).