TY - BOOK AU - Hanna,Christopher H. TI - Tax policy in a nutshellChristopher H Hanna T2 - Nutshells SN - 9781636598727 PY - 2022/// CY - St. Paul PB - West Academic Publishing N1 - Title from eBook information screen; 2; b N2 - Taxes impact every individual and business in the United States and around the world. Countries are constantly changing, modifying, and occasionally reforming their tax systems. Understanding tax policy and implementing changes in the tax law that are consistent with sound tax policy is critically important. This compact guide explains essential concepts in tax policy, including theories of taxation and their implementation, criteria in evaluating a tax system, tax bases, the Haig-Simons definition of income, Samuelson depreciation, the Cary Brown Theorem, capital gains and losses, tax expenditures, the distribution of the tax burden, and issues in corporate and international taxation. The book discusses the tax policy considerations of contemporary law, including the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the most comprehensive U.S. tax system reform in over thirty years UR - http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=202468&titleID=8700698 UR - https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0e6f34f0-9d4a-4f17-9700-0bd69c85a15b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com UR - https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/6069-1/%7B0E6F34F0-9D4A-4F17-9700-0BD69C85A15B%7DImg100.jpg UR - https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/6069-1/%7B0E6F34F0-9D4A-4F17-9700-0BD69C85A15B%7DImg200.jpg ER -