Tax Reform Round-Up
Article Abstract:
In a question-and-answer format, reader reaction to a series of articles on British tax reform is summarized. Issues covered include an expenditure, comprehensive income tax, problems of definition, equity, expanded sales tax, cash flow corporation tax, means test and unemployment.
Publication Name: Economist
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1983
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A View from the Reform Club
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The Reith lectures of 1983 were a defense of traditional bureaucratic values. They were delivered by Britain's former treasury head, Sir Douglas Wass. A tongue-in- cheek summary of each lecture purports to be briefing papers found in an armchair in the Reform Club.
Publication Name: Economist
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1983
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The Bar to Reform
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Proposed British legislation on divorce is reviewed. Wives will not be able to obtain long-term support from husbands. Britain's chaotic distribution of family cases should be solved by a single family court.
Publication Name: Economist
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1983
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