Taxation

Critics of American taxation say our system is too complicated. It's hard to understand and expensive to enforce. Detractors also accuse the U.S. tax system of being unfair, disrupting our economy, and lowering income and employment. But as with all established and critical systems, making changes and improvements to the American tax system isn't easy--especially when every governmentprovided benefit depends on tax-supported funding, and nobody wants to pay more taxes. Taxation provides a history of taxes in the United States--how they came about, what they are used for, how they are assessed, and their collection methods. As a former Treasury Department official who helped create tax policy, the author is uniquely qualified to suggest revisions that could solve current problems of administration and fairness while promoting growth.