Taxation: A Very Short Introduction

by Stephen Smith and Stephen Smith

Taxation is crucial to the functioning of the modern state. Tax revenues pay for public services - roads, the courts, defence, welfare assistance to the poor and elderly, and in many countries much of health care and education too. More than one third of national income in the industrialized (OECD) countries is on average taken in taxation. Taxes affect individuals in many ways. Taxes paid on income and spending directly reduce taxpayer disposable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B01BBRG43W
• ISBN13: 9780199683697
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.4" x 6.8"