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Taxation: A  Very Short Introduction [#428]
Taxation: A  Very Short Introduction [#428]
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租税は現代国家にとって不可欠です。OECD(経済協力開発機構)加盟国の平均国民所得の三分の一以上が税収入であるといわれています。公共設備である道路、また国防なども税収入によって賄われています。多くの国では、医療や教育も支えています。所得税や消費税など租税は個人の生活にも密接な係わりがあり、それゆえ政治的争点にもなるのです。租税について平易に解説する待望の一冊です。
  

  • Explains the role that taxes play in a modern economy
  • Describes some of the main taxes used by most developed and developing countries
  • Consideres the key issues: the question of where the burden of taxation really lies, how taxation affects the economy, and the effects of tax evasion and tax avoidance
  • Discusses cases and debates from a range of different countries

 
Taxation is crucial to the functioning of the modern state. Tax revenues pay for public services - roads, the courts, defence, welfare assistance to the poor and elderly, and in many countries much of health care and education too. More than one third of national income in the industrialized (OECD) countries is on average taken in taxation. Taxes affect individuals in many ways. Taxes paid on income and spending directly reduce taxpayer disposable income, taxpayers face the hassle of tax returns and making payments, and they may be anxious about the possibility of investigation and enforcement action. People also adapt their activities in various ways to reduce the impact of taxation - putting money into tax-free savings accounts, or making shopping trips to other countries where taxes are lower. Taxation is therefore central to politics and public debate. Politicians that make reckless campaign promises about taxation then have to live with the uncomfortable consequences if elected. Businesses lobby for tax breaks that they claim will create jobs and prosperity.
 
In this Very Short Introduction Stephen Smith shows how taxes have real effects on citizens and the economy that tax policy-makers have to balance. Although tax policy will always be a highly political issue, he argues that public decisions about taxation would be improved by a better understanding of the role of taxation, and of the nature and effects of different taxes. 
 
 
REVIEWS:
"a very short book on taxation I wish were longer... a clever, detailed and entertaining guide to tax policy." - Prospect, Philip Collins

目次: 

Introduction
1: What are taxes, and why do we need them?
2: The structure of taxation
3: Who bears the tax burden?
4: Taxation and the economy
5: Tax evasion and enforcement
6: Issues in tax policy
Further Reading
Index

著者について: 

Stephen Smith is a Professor of Economics at University College London (UCL). He was previously Deputy Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the UK's leading independent economic research institute. He is the author of Britain's Shadow Economy (OUP, 1986) , Environmental Economics: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2011), and many research reports and academic papers on tax policy and environmental policy. He has acted as a consultant and adviser to the Treasury, the IMF, the OECD and other government departments and international organizations.

商品情報

ISBN : 9780199683697

著者: 
Stephen Smith
ページ
152 ページ
フォーマット
Paperback
サイズ
111 x 174 mm
刊行日
2015年04月
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Taxation: A  Very Short Introduction [#428]

Taxation: A Very Short Introduction [#428]

Taxation: A  Very Short Introduction [#428]