Tax expenditure management : a critical assessment / / Mark Burton and Kerrie Sadiq [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792074703321
• Autore: Burton Mark
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-107-23437-9; 1-107-30125-4; 1-107-30633-7; 0-511-91014-2; 1-107-31408-9; 1-107-30547-0; 1-107-30853-4; 1-299-25716-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 258 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Cambridge tax law series
• Disciplina: 352.4/4
• Soggetti: Tax expenditures; Tax expenditures - Law and legislation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The tax expenditures concept -- Reporting on tax expenditures -- The practical significance of tax expenditures -- The politics of tax expenditure management -- Managing tax expenditure controversies.
• Sommario/riassunto: A tax expenditure is a 'tax break' allowed to a taxpayer or group of taxpayers, for example, by way of concession, deduction, deferral or exemption. The tax expenditure concept, as it was first identified, was designed to demonstrate the similarity between direct government spending on the one hand and spending through the tax system on the other. The identification of benefits provided through the tax system as tax expenditures allows analysts to consider the fiscal significance of those parts of the tax system which do not contribute to the primary purpose of raising revenue. Although a seemingly simple concept, it has generated a range of complex definitional and practical issues, and this book identifies and critically assesses the controversial aspects of ; tax expenditure and tax expenditure management.