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Bargain Basement Progressivity? Constitutional Flat Taxes, Demogrants, And Progressive Income Taxation, Samuel D. Brunson Jan 2022

Bargain Basement Progressivity? Constitutional Flat Taxes, Demogrants, And Progressive Income Taxation, Samuel D. Brunson

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State and local governments raise revenue in three primary ways: property, sales, and income taxes. Property and sales taxes tend to impose a higher burden on low-income households. To ensure the fairness and progressivity of their overall revenue system, states need their income tax to be sufficiently progressive.

Four states face an apparently insurmountable barrier to progressive income taxation: their state constitutions mandate that any income tax must have a flat rate, applicable to all taxpayers. Without a constitutional amendment, a difficult process, they cannot adopt marginal rates that increase as income increases.

While the impediment appears insurmountable, however, it …


Federal Tax Law: Where You Divorce Does Make A Difference, Joseph N. Ducanto Jan 1978

Federal Tax Law: Where You Divorce Does Make A Difference, Joseph N. Ducanto

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The Federal Taxation Of Options Investors: An Examination Of Sections 1091, 1233 And 1234 For Their Implications And Tax-Planning Potential, John A. Berry Jan 1976

The Federal Taxation Of Options Investors: An Examination Of Sections 1091, 1233 And 1234 For Their Implications And Tax-Planning Potential, John A. Berry

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Federal Income Taxation: The Effect Of Condemnation On Property Held Primarily For Sale To Customers In The Ordinary Course Of The Taxpayer's Business, Nancy Kane Hall Jan 1975

Federal Income Taxation: The Effect Of Condemnation On Property Held Primarily For Sale To Customers In The Ordinary Course Of The Taxpayer's Business, Nancy Kane Hall

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Catch-269, Cynthia Kappus Jan 1974

Catch-269, Cynthia Kappus

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Demolition Losses In Leasing: Current Or Deferred Federal Income Tax Deductions, Linda Kreer Witt Jan 1974

Demolition Losses In Leasing: Current Or Deferred Federal Income Tax Deductions, Linda Kreer Witt

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Gift And Leaseback: A Continuing Tax Controversy, Eugene L. Mahoney Jan 1973

Gift And Leaseback: A Continuing Tax Controversy, Eugene L. Mahoney

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The Federal Income Tax Effect Of Novation Of Marital Settlement Agreements, Joseph N. Ducanto Jan 1972

The Federal Income Tax Effect Of Novation Of Marital Settlement Agreements, Joseph N. Ducanto

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Federal Income Tax - Casualty Loss Deduction - Determining The Proper Basis Figure In A Partial Casualty Loss To A Timber Tract - What Is The Single, Idnetifiable Property Damaged Or Destroyed, The Trees Or The Entire Tract?, John W. Bell Jan 1970

Federal Income Tax - Casualty Loss Deduction - Determining The Proper Basis Figure In A Partial Casualty Loss To A Timber Tract - What Is The Single, Idnetifiable Property Damaged Or Destroyed, The Trees Or The Entire Tract?, John W. Bell

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No abstract provided.