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"Reform of the United States tax system has become a central
political issue. Assessing Tax Reform is a concise, nontechnical
book to help general readers and students understand the tax reform
issues Congress is now debating. Henry Aaron and Harvey Galper lay
out the major alternative proposals and analyze principles of
taxation that can be used for judging them. They explore the issues
surrounding a move to a comprehensive income tax, a cash-flow tax,
and the value-added tax or other consumption-based taxes. They show
the conflicts and opportunities resulting from large current
government deficits and the move for tax reform. In addition to
clarifying the problems that must be solved if large-scale,
long-term reform is to be achieved, the authors describe
alternative strategies for increasing revenues quickly. They also
present their own program for a fair, efficient, and less complex
tax structure. They conclude with an examination of the political
pitfalls that continue to make any major improvements in the tax
system hard to enact. "
Whether the nation would be better served by an income tax or by a
consumption tax has been debated by tax experts for decades. In
practice, tax systems everywhere are mixed or ""hybrid"" systems.
And while legislators have reasons for enacting such systems, the
mix results in inequities, inefficiencies, and abuse.For Uneasy
Compromise, Brookings brought together some of the nation's most
knowledgeable tax experts and analysts to address the question: How
should lawmakers grapple with the problems that arise from the
side-by-side existence of principles of consumption taxation with
principles of income taxation? Rather than propose rules for an
ideal system that will never exist, this book addresses the
problems created by a hybrid system. In so doing, it offers
policymakers a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of our
current tax system and the tools for evaluating proposed
refinements.
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