Taxes in America

What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-989026-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 208 mm, Gewicht: 388 g

Reihe: What Everyone Needs To Know®

Despite their passion and fury, contemporary Americans are remarkably clueless about how their tax system works. But with heated debates over taxation now roiling Congress and the nation, an understanding of the American tax system is of vital importance. Taxes in America, by preeminent tax scholars Leonard E. Burman and Joel Slemrod, offers a clear, concise explanation of how the American tax system works, how it affects people and businesses, and how it
might be improved. Accessibly written and organized in a clear, question-and-answer format, the book describes the intricacies of the modern tax system in an easy-to-grasp manner. Burman and Slemrod begin with the basic definitions of taxes and then delve into more complicated and indeed contentious concerns.
They address such questions as how to recognize Fool's Gold tax reform plans. How much more tax could the IRS collect with better enforcement? How do tax burdens vary around the world? Why do corporations pay so little tax, even though they earn trillions of dollars every year? And what kind of tax system is most conducive to economic growth?

Zielgruppe

Einsteiger/Laien

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burman, Leonard E. (Daniel Patrick Moynihan Professor, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Professor, Syracuse University)

Burman, Leonard E.

Slemrod, Joel (Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, Professor of Economics, University of Michigan, Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, Professor of Economics, University of Michigan, Director, Office of Tax Policy Research, University of Michigan Business School)

Slemrod, Joel

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geldwirtschaft, Währungspolitik

Über Autor(innen)

Leonard E. Burman is Professor of Practice, Public Administration and Economics at Maxwell School of Syracuse University. Joel Slemrod is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics and the Paul W. McCracken Collegiate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, at the University of Michigan.