A comprehensive reference reviewing tax policy from political, legal, constitutional, administrative, and economic perspectives. Material is organized in sections on foundations and general
principles, state and local tax policy, federal tax policy, tax administration, international tax comparisons, and federal, state, and local overlap. Specific subjects include state and local
tax reform, environmental taxes, corporate income tax, replacing the federal income tax with a consumption tax, and tax systems in transition economies. Useful for public administrators and
managers, public policy specialists, political scientists, public finance economists, tax accountants and lawyers, and advanced students. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
