Capital levies and transition to a consumption ta
By: Louis Kaplow.
Contributors: John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business.
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 551; Discussion paper (John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business : Online) -- no. 551.
Publisher: Harvard Law School
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "The merits of capital levies depend on the likelihood of repetition, the extent of anticipation, and its effects on distribution.  The relevance of these features, which in varying degrees is underdeveloped or underappreciated in pertinent literatures, is elaborated and then considered with regard to the problem of transition to a consumption tax.  Other transition issues are distinguished, and specific attention is devoted to rate changes under a consumption tax and whether owners of preexisting capital are effectively compensated through higher net-of-tax returns due to repeal of the income tax.  The analysis is also related to literature that examines dynamic models of taxation, particularly work simulating consumption tax transitions and assessing the optimality of capital taxation in the long run"--John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business web site.
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