Taxes in America : what everyone needs to know /
Burman, Leonard,author.
Slemrod, Joel,author.
Previous edition: 2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: how are we taxed? The view from 30,000 feet -- Personal income taxes -- Business income taxes -- Taxing spending -- Other kinds of taxes -- Part II: the costs and benefits of taxation. Taxes and the economy -- The hidden welfare state -- The burden of taxation -- Running a tax system: administration and enforcement -- Simplicity and complexity -- The behavioral economics of tax policy (or tax policy for imperfect humans) -- Part III: a tour of the sausage factory. Misperceptions and reality in the policy process -- Snake oil -- Tax reform.
Taxation
Taxation.