Taxation
A Very Short Introduction
$23.45
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2015
Summary
Taxation is crucial to the functioning of the modern state. Tax revenues pay for public services - roads, the courts, defence, welfare assistance to the poor and elderly, and in many countries much of health care and education too. More than one third of national income in the industrialized (OECD) countries is on average taken in taxation.
Taxes affect individuals in many ways. Taxes paid on income and spending directly reduce taxpayer disposable income, taxpayers face the hassle of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199683697 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199683697 |
| Author: | Stephen Smith |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2015 |
| Weight: | 135g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm x 114mm x 174mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
Critics Review
a very short book on taxation I wish were longer… a clever, detailed and entertaining guide to tax policy.
a very short book on taxation I wish were longer… a clever, detailed and entertaining guide to tax policy. * Prospect, Philip Collins *
Stephen Smith
Stephen Smith is a Professor of Economics at University College London (UCL). He was previously Deputy Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the UK’s leading independent economic research institute. He is the author of Britain’s Shadow Economy (OUP, 1986), Environmental Economics: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2011), and many research reports and academic papers on tax policy and environmental policy. He has acted as a consultant and adviser to the Treasury, the IMF, the OECD and other government departments and international organizations.
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