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Taxes fund your world, shape your choices, and drive political debate.

Taxation

A Very Short Introduction

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    160 pages

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    6 May 2015

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Summary

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 …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199683697
ISBN-10:0199683697
Author:Stephen Smith
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:6 May 2015
Weight:135g
Dimensions:8mm x 114mm x 174mm
Series:Very Short Introductions
Taxation by Stephen Smith - ISBN: 9780199683697
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Critics Review

a very short book on taxation I wish were longer… a clever, detailed and entertaining guide to tax policy.

a very short book on taxation I wish were longer… a clever, detailed and entertaining guide to tax policy. * Prospect, Philip Collins *

About The Author

Stephen Smith

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.

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