How America Was Tricked on Tax Policy - Secrets and Undisclosed Practices

How America was Tricked on Tax Policy explains how regular citizens were "tricked" by the outdated view of economists that much heavier taxation of labor rather than capital is economically justifiable. The truth is that workers pay their taxes while the rich pay very little. Based on reputable sources of information, including publications of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), official statistics data, and the publications in high-ranked journals, the book paves the way for a new policy-making process aimed to achieve more sustainable taxation and to increase the wellbeing of citizens as the main goal of any modern state policy. The book compellingly argues how tax policy could be improved by incorporating science and scientific methods.

List of contents

Introduction: The Classic Deceptions in Tax Policy; CHAPTER 1 Tax Policy in the Oval Office; CHAPTER 2 The Abandonment of Scientific Methods in Tax Research; CHAPTER 3 How the Business Tax System Favors Large Corporations over Small Businesses; CHAPTER 4 The Limits of Moral Philosophy in Formulating Tax Policy; CHAPTER 5 Wage Taxes Do Have Social Costs; Conclusion: Postmodern Tax Policy, or Why the "Little People" Matter to Tax Policy; Index.

About the author

Bret Bogenschneider holds multiple tax and law degrees including a Juris Doctor, LLM in taxation, and PhD in international business taxation. He is an assistant professor at Indiana University East, specializing in taxation.

Product details

• Authors: Bret Bogenschneider, Bret N Bogenschneider, Bret N. Bogenschneider
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781785274305
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-430-5
• No. of pages: 178
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Taxes; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Taxation / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Taxation / Small Business, Corporate Finance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Taxation / Corporate, Taxation, Small businesses and self-employment, Public finance and taxation, Corporate and business tax laws