Outlines of Public Finance (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Berry, Richard James Arthur

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440072868 ISBN 13 : 9781440072864

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A clear guide to how taxes, budgets, and spending really work.

It explains how public money is raised, spent, and controlled, with practical examples and plain language.

This edition focuses on the nuts and bolts of public finance. It covers tax design, the administration of revenues, and the way governments balance budgets while facing growth in spending. The book also looks at reforms, such as simplifying tax laws and reorganizing how revenue is collected, to help readers understand the real world behind fiscal policy.

• Learn how tax systems are constructed and why simplification can matter for taxpayers and officials.
• Explore how property taxes, mortgage taxation, and other instruments are applied in practice.
• See how governments raise and allocate funds during emergencies, including borrowing and debt management.
• Understand the idea of separating revenue sources to reduce overlap and improve accountability.

Ideal for readers seeking clear, practical insight into why public finance works the way it does and how policy choices affect taxpayers and budgets.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Twentyfive years ago the subject matter of Public Finance aroused comparatively little discussion. While public expenditures were continually on the increase, wealth and population were increasing more rapidly, so that no greater per capita burden was felt by the citizen. To-day the situation is different. The demands upon the public purse have become so large, because of extended and increased governmental activities, that the burden of taxes has begun to be felt, and in many cases it has begun to cut deeply. A few decades ago, therefore, the principles of Public Finance primarily commanded the interest of public officials, while at present the citizen upon whom the tax burdens fall is also interested. He is beginning to ask what is being done with the funds he has paid in taxes, whether he is paying more than his share, whether the funds are properly handled, and what can be done to secure a better fiscal system. The nature and rapid increase of public expenditures, as well as the objects for which they are made, have become of general interest. The public has learned to place so much reliance upon the activities of the government that it is continually demanding that new activities be undertaken and that old ones be carried out more efficiently. The per capita expenditures of the cities for education, and the expenditures of the states for education and the care of defectives, delinquents, and dependents, have reached an amount that would have been considered enormous a few years ago.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440072868
• ISBN 13: 9781440072864
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 551
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