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A fine mess : a global quest for a simpler, fairer, and more efficient tax system, T. R. Reid

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The U.S. tax code is a total write-off. Crammed with loopholes and special interest provisions, it works for no one except tax lawyers, accountants, and huge corporations. Not for the first time, we have reached a breaking point--in fact, we reach one every thirty-two years. T. R. Reid crisscrosses the globe in search of exact solutions to the urgent tax problems of the United States. With an uncanny knack for making a complex subjects not just accessible but gripping, he investigates what makes good taxation (no, that's not an oxymoron) and brings that knowledge home where it is needed most. Reid presses the case for sensible root-and-branch reforms that will affect everyone. Doing our taxes will never be America's favorite pastime, but it can and should be so much easier and fairer. --
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
278 pages
Note
Includes index
Contents
  • Prologue: Every thirty-two years
  • Policy laboratories
  • "Low effort, low colletion"
  • Taxes: what are they good for?
  • BBLR
  • Scooping water with a sieve
  • Flat broke
  • The defining problem; the taxing solution
  • Convoluted and pernicious strategies
  • The single tax, the fat tax, the tiny tax, the carbon tax--and no tax at all
  • The Panama papers: sunny places for shady money
  • Simplify, simplify
  • The money machine
  • Epilogue: The Internal Revenue Code of 2018
Isbn
9781594205514
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A fine mess : a global quest for a simpler, fairer, and more efficient tax system
Title
A fine mess
Title remainder
a global quest for a simpler, fairer, and more efficient tax system
Statement of responsibility
T. R. Reid
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
The U.S. tax code is a total write-off. Crammed with loopholes and special interest provisions, it works for no one except tax lawyers, accountants, and huge corporations. Not for the first time, we have reached a breaking point--in fact, we reach one every thirty-two years. T. R. Reid crisscrosses the globe in search of exact solutions to the urgent tax problems of the United States. With an uncanny knack for making a complex subjects not just accessible but gripping, he investigates what makes good taxation (no, that's not an oxymoron) and brings that knowledge home where it is needed most. Reid presses the case for sensible root-and-branch reforms that will affect everyone. Doing our taxes will never be America's favorite pastime, but it can and should be so much easier and fairer. --
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adapted from dust jacket
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10558728
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Reid, T. R
Dewey number
336.24/0973
Index
index present
LC call number
HJ2361.R45
LC item number
F56 2017
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Taxation
  • Income tax
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a global quest for a simpler, fairer, and more efficient tax system
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A fine mess : a global quest for a simpler, fairer, and more efficient tax system, T. R. Reid
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Publication
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Includes index
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Contents
Prologue: Every thirty-two years -- Policy laboratories -- "Low effort, low colletion" -- Taxes: what are they good for? -- BBLR -- Scooping water with a sieve -- Flat broke -- The defining problem; the taxing solution -- Convoluted and pernicious strategies -- The single tax, the fat tax, the tiny tax, the carbon tax--and no tax at all -- The Panama papers: sunny places for shady money -- Simplify, simplify -- The money machine -- Epilogue: The Internal Revenue Code of 2018
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1762369
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
278 pages
Isbn
9781594205514
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781594205514
  • (OCoLC)959037284
Label
A fine mess : a global quest for a simpler, fairer, and more efficient tax system, T. R. Reid
Publication
Note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: Every thirty-two years -- Policy laboratories -- "Low effort, low colletion" -- Taxes: what are they good for? -- BBLR -- Scooping water with a sieve -- Flat broke -- The defining problem; the taxing solution -- Convoluted and pernicious strategies -- The single tax, the fat tax, the tiny tax, the carbon tax--and no tax at all -- The Panama papers: sunny places for shady money -- Simplify, simplify -- The money machine -- Epilogue: The Internal Revenue Code of 2018
Control code
1762369
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
278 pages
Isbn
9781594205514
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781594205514
  • (OCoLC)959037284

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