Author: David MacGregor MeansPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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The Methods of Taxation Compared with the Established Principles of Justice
Author: David MacGregor MeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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The Methods of Taxation
Author: David Macgregor MeansPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330239278
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Excerpt from The Methods of Taxation: Compared With the Established Principles of Justice So many theories and problems are comprised under the general name of taxation as to make it difficult to treat them systematically. But, on examination, we discover principles that may be made to bring some order out of the apparent chaos. These principles may properly be called the methods of taxation; although the term "method," as here employed, is not quite free from ambiguity. It is often used as synonymous with measure; but the measures of taxation devised by legislators are infinite in number. It is obviously necessary to classify these measures, if we treat them at all, and the process of classification according to rational principles exemplifies what is correctly denominated a method. At the same time, the practical applications of these principles are in common speech called methods, and it would be pedantic to ignore this usage, at least where to adopt it will cause no obscurity. There can be no really adequate criticism of the methods of taxation without some consideration of the right of property. To tax is necessarily to interfere with this right; the revenue of rulers is drawn from the revenue of subjects. Nor can we determine the extent and manner of this interference without referring to the commonly accepted principles of justice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
METHODS OF TAXATION COMPARED W
Author: David MacGregor 1847-1931 MeansPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781373157966
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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The Methods of Taxation
Author: David MacGregor MeansPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484706711
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Excerpt from The Methods of Taxation: Compared With the Established Principles of Justice N O writer appears to have devoted himself to this specific inquiry. Works on taxation are numerous; but they are usually either historical and descriptive, or in tended to apply particular theories. Most of the manuals of political economy have something to say about taxation, and many valuable monographs deal with problems that have from time to time demanded immediate solution. But we still lack a critical exposition of the relations of existing measures and systems of taxation to the rational bases of its methods; nor, perhaps, is it too much to say that the principles implied in such an exposition have never been clearly formulated. Hence many vigorous and really able commentaries on measures and systems of taxa tion have been comparatively ineffective. Kno one can scientifically criticise the laws actually adopted by legis lators without having some Ideal method in his mind;j and he can hardly influence public oplnlon unless he not only makes this ideal intelligible, but also establishes it on rational grounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Methods of Taxation Compared with the Established Principles of Justice
Author: David MacGregor MeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Taxation
Author: Martin O'NeillPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192557629
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This is the first book to give a collective treatment of philosophical issues relating to tax. The tax system is central to the operation of states and to the ways in which states interact with individual citizens. Taxes are used by states to fund the provision of public goods and public services, to engage in direct or indirect forms of redistribution, and to mould the behaviour of individual citizens. As the contributors to this volume show, there are a number of pressing and thorny philosophical issues relating to the tax system, and these issues often connect in fascinating ways with foundational questions regarding property rights, public justification, democracy, state neutrality, stability, political psychology, and other moral and political issues. Many of these deep and fascinating philosophical questions about tax have not received as much sustained attention as they clearly merit. The aim of advancing the debate about tax in political philosophy has both general and more specific aspects, ranging across both over-arching issues regarding the tax system as a whole and more specific issues relating to particular forms of tax policy. Thinking clearly about tax is not an easy task, as much that is of central importance is missed if one proceeds at too great a level of abstraction, and issues of conceptual and normative importance often only come sharply into focus when viewed against real-world questions of implementation and feasibility. Serious philosophical work on the tax system will often therefore need to be interdisciplinary, and so the discussion in this book includes a number of scholars whose expertise spans across neighbouring disciplines to philosophy, including political science, economics, public policy, and law.
Taxation and Democracy
Author: Sven SteinmoPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300067217
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Examining the structure, politics and historic development of taxation in several countries, this book compares three quite different political democracies. It provides an account of the ways these democracies have financed their welfare programs despite w
Henry George and the Single Tax
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Single tax
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
The Shifting and Incidence of Taxation
Author: Edwin Robert Anderson SeligmanPublisher:
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Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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