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Repeal Of The Irc Section 199 Domestic Production Deduction, Jasmine Wu Ting Jun 2011

Repeal Of The Irc Section 199 Domestic Production Deduction, Jasmine Wu Ting

The Contemporary Tax Journal

No abstract provided.


Repeal Of Federal Telephone Excise Tax, Sandra Peters Jun 2011

Repeal Of Federal Telephone Excise Tax, Sandra Peters

The Contemporary Tax Journal

No abstract provided.


E Tax: The Flat Tax As An Electronic Credit Vat, Daniel S. Goldberg Apr 2011

E Tax: The Flat Tax As An Electronic Credit Vat, Daniel S. Goldberg

Daniel S. Goldberg

The article builds on the Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax and proposes a consumption tax called the “E Tax,” which is an electronically collected credit invoice VAT. The Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax is a two-tier consumption tax that is based on a subtraction method VAT. The Hall-Rabushka nuance, however, allows a deduction for wages as if they were purchases of materials by the employer. Wage earners would be taxed on those wages at rates that could be set as graduated or flat, with or without a zero rate or bracket amount and with or without personal exemptions and deductions. Hall and Rabushka proposed …


The Aches And Pains Of Transition To A Consumption Tax: Can We Get There From Here?, Daniel S. Goldberg Apr 2011

The Aches And Pains Of Transition To A Consumption Tax: Can We Get There From Here?, Daniel S. Goldberg

Daniel S. Goldberg

This article discusses probably the most significant obstacle to the adoption of a consumption tax: the negative effects on existing wealth that the transition from the income tax to most forms of a consumption tax would have. The Congressional Budget Office in its 1997 study posed the question, “How to Get There from Here.” The difficulty with transition and the changes in the tax law since the CBO study, however, prompt the more basic question: “Can we get there from here?” This article deals with this question by examining the effects of transition on existing wealth under a variety of …


Winter 2011 ~ Volume 1, Issue 1 (Inaugural Issue) Jan 2011

Winter 2011 ~ Volume 1, Issue 1 (Inaugural Issue)

The Contemporary Tax Journal

No abstract provided.


Increasing The Gasoline Excise Tax Jan 2011

Increasing The Gasoline Excise Tax

The Contemporary Tax Journal

No abstract provided.


A Standard Home Office Deduction, Karen Connolly Jan 2011

A Standard Home Office Deduction, Karen Connolly

The Contemporary Tax Journal

No abstract provided.