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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806926003321

Autore

Viard Alan D

Titolo

Progressive consumption taxation : the X-tax revisited

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : AEI Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-77909-8

9786613689481

0-8447-4396-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CarrollRobert J (Robert James)

Disciplina

332.600973

336.27140973

Soggetti

Spendings tax - United States

Value-added tax - United States

Political Science

Law, Politics & Government

Public Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover 1; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Why Tax Consumption?; 2. The Case for the X Tax; 3. Maintaining Progressivity; 4. Fringe Benefits and Transfer Payments; 5. Business Firms; 6. Financial Services; 7. International Transactions; 8. The Transition; 9. The Nonbusiness Sector; 10. The VAT Alternative; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors; Boilerplate

Sommario/riassunto

The authors observe that consumption taxation is superior to income taxation because it does not penalize saving and investment and propose that the U.S. income tax system be completely replaced by a progressive consumption tax. They argue that the X tax, developed by the late David Bradford, offers the best form of progressive consumption taxation for the United States and outline concrete proposals for the X tax's treatment of numerous specific economic issues.