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Debunking The Basis Myth Under The Income Tax, Joseph M. Dodge, Jay A. Soled Apr 2006

Debunking The Basis Myth Under The Income Tax, Joseph M. Dodge, Jay A. Soled

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Tax basis is one of the most important, yet least studied, aspects of the income tax. This analysis calls attention to its importance and argues that taxpayers have the motivation, opportunity, and means to inflate the tax basis they have in their assets and, in some cases, to avoid the reporting of gains. We discuss the likely causes of these phenomena, estimate the probable revenue loss, and propose appropriate reforms.


The Death Of The Income Tax (Or, The Rise Of America’S Universal Wage Tax), Edward J. Mccaffery Oct 2000

The Death Of The Income Tax (Or, The Rise Of America’S Universal Wage Tax), Edward J. Mccaffery

Indiana Law Journal

The killing of the income tax has not been open and notorious: such is not the style of contemporary politics. As with other markers of progressive social policy—the promises of universal health care, Obamacare, come to mind6—the income tax is dying a death by stealth, albeit stealth played out in plain view. The plot lines of the tragedy are apparent. The individual “income” tax has been split in two. One tax, for the masses, is a simple, increasingly formless wage tax. This wage/income tax adds higher brackets onto the payroll tax, the model toward which the wage/income tax aims, to …


The Morality Of Money: American Attitudes Toward Wealth And The Income Tax, Marjorie E. Kornhauser Jan 1994

The Morality Of Money: American Attitudes Toward Wealth And The Income Tax, Marjorie E. Kornhauser

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Anticipation Of Income, Paul A. Teschner Jul 1966

Anticipation Of Income, Paul A. Teschner

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.