Uneasy Compromise: Problems of a Hybrid Income-Consumption Tax

by Henry J. Aaron and Harvey Galper

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Whether the nation would be better served by an income tax or by a consumption tax has been debated by tax experts for decades. In practice, tax systems everywhere are mixed or ""hybrid"" systems. And while legislators have reasons for enacting such systems, the mix results in inequities, inefficiencies, and abuse.

For Uneasy Compromise, Brookings brought together some of the nation's most knowledgeable tax experts and analysts to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815700458
• ISBN13: 9780815700456
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"