This book is a critical analysis of the Reagan and Bush tax cuts, which favored the richest Americans and are a major cause of the soaring federal deficits. It explains how Bush misrepresented the tax cuts. It explains why the federal budget deficits are bogus, how executive stock options are abused, and it defends the estate tax, which Bush wants to repeal and calls-"the Dead Tax." It alleges the government has become a plutocracy during the Bush administration: the rich have become super rich and the poor have become poorer-because of the lopsided and irresponsible tax cuts.

The SECOND EDITION contains the 2007 UPDATE.

It charges President Bush misrepresented the federal deficit reduction in his 2007 address to the nation.

It includes letters to Warren Buffett, Lee Iacocca, and Al Gore.

It compares statements from Lee Iacocca's book: "Where Have All the Leaders Gone"-that agree with this book: "Why the Reagan and Bush Tax Cuts are Unfair. "

It comments on Al Gore's new book: "The Assault on Reason," the Iraq war, Islamofascism, torture, Guantanamo Bay, and other things: plus-Tax Recommendations.

In this fresh, objective, and non-argumentative volume in the Elements of International Law series, Peter Hongler combines a comprehensive overview of the technical content of the international tax law regime with an assessment of its crucial relationship to wider international law. Beginning with an assessment of legal principles and foundations, the book considers key general principles, treaty based regimes, and regional integration in tax matters. In the second half of the work Hongler places international tax law in the context of its wider relationships with human rights law, and trade and investment law. He concludes by considering major legal successes and failures and what might be done to address these.

Looking for the meaning of a tax term? Leach's Tax Dictionary is a cornucopia of tax terms and data. It also explains all those abbreviations used in tax writing and reporting. Leach's Tax Dictionary contains over 1,000 pages of definitions, abbreviations explained and useful data - tax rates and other information which may be of use to a tax accountant/lawyer. 10,000 definitions. 3,000 abbreviations explained. 200 pages of tax, financial and historical data related to tax. Where applicable terms are explained with reference to relevant case law, statutes or guidance. This book provides a ready source of information to those who already have some understanding of tax, and for anyone working or studying in the tax field.

The property tax in the United States has never been more important. Despite numerous attempts to limit its use, the property tax remains the most significant source of tax revenue for local governments. This is the "go to" book that draws together important legal cases and related materials on the fundamental legal issues concerning valuation, tax policy, and the property tax. This collection provides an overview of the structure and function of real property taxation in the U.S. It is intended to be useful to lawyers and law students, as well as to policy makers, practitioners, and others with an interest in the property tax. Originally published in 1994, this book has been updated and reissued.

UK Taxation for Students assumes absolutely no prior knowledge of UK taxation. It is completely self-contained covering the main areas of taxation studied at undergraduate level and initially for many professional exams. It can be used to support other texts and includes all the various allowances, tax rates etc. that a student may need at the front of the book. It is written in a user-friendly manner, avoiding "tax jargon" and using, wherever possible, plain and straightforward English. It includes numerous examples throughout the text designed to illustrate particular points and then provides further examples for you to try in Appendix 2. Appendix 3 includes over 100 True or False questions for you to dip into at any time to test your understanding. Appendix 1 I contains suggested some tips for studying tax. This book covers the main UK taxes; income tax (paid by individuals), capital gains tax (paid by individuals), corporation tax (paid by companies), value added tax (levied on consumers by businesses), inheritance tax (normally payable on the death of an individual) and National Insurance Contributions. Although primarily aimed at students studying at undergraduate level, these are the taxes that typically form the core of the syllabus for most of the UK's professional examinations in taxation such as those of the ACCA, AAT and possibly ATT, although no specific professional syllabus has been followed. In general, each of the chapters should be read through in the order that they are arranged as later chapters often assume knowledge from earlier chapters. Having said this, the Value Added Tax and Inheritance Tax chapters could be studied at any point, as a standalone as both are very different from the other taxes studied.

In The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Income Tax Law, Edward McCaffery presents an accessible introduction to the major topics in the field of federal income taxation, such as income, deductions, and recognition of gains and losses. After discussing central rules and doctrines individually, Edward McCaffery offers a very sophisticated yet clear explanation of the interplay among them, carefully describing how they work together to carry out the policy goals of the U.S. tax system.
Professor McCaffery describes, for example, how the current income tax in the United States has increasingly become a wage tax that favors those with capital rather than those whose money comes from labor. In explaining the consequences of tax policy on individuals, he also considers important possible alternatives for income taxation in the U.S.
The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Income Tax Law sets forth the 'who, ' 'what, ' 'when, ' and 'why' of income tax law and describes the essential concepts of the field in a clear and concise manner that helps students and non-experts increase their understanding of the policies behind modern tax law and the ways in which these policies affect different types of individuals.

The way that nation states design their tax systems impacts the sharing of resources and wealth within and across societies. To date, wealthy countries have made tax policy design and coordination choices which allow them to claim more than they are justifiably entitled to from the global economy. In Tax Cooperation in an Unjust World, Allison Christians and Laurens van Apeldoorn show how this presently accepted reality both facilitates and feeds off continued human suffering, and therefore violates conceptions of international distributive justice. They examine two principles that govern tax cooperation across states, and explain how the current international tax order impedes their realization. They then show how states could work toward fulfilling the principles and building a fairer international tax system via incremental yet effective adaptation of key international tax norms and rules.