The U.S. Income Tax: What It Is, How It Got That Way, and Where We Go From Here

The U.S. Income Tax: What It Is, How It Got That Way, and Where We Go From Here

Publication Date

1999

Description

A lively history of the American income tax system and the recent revulsion it has spurred in the American public reveals how the tax evolved, how it became a political tool, what the alternatives are, and who most benefits from the current system.

Disciplines

Accounting | Business | Law | Tax Law

ISBN

9780393320022

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Company

City

New York, NY

Reviews

“A must read for all who talk taxes and tax reform.”
—Senator Pete V. Domenici

“A superb overview of the federal income tax, by one of the nation's leading authorities, written with wit and a lively style.”
—Boris I. Bittker, Yale University

“Graetz's common sense … is a breath of fresh air…. Well worth reading.”
—Kirkus Reviews

Comments

Reprint with new afterword and appendix. Originally published in 1997 under the title, The Decline (and Fall?) of the Income Tax.

The U.S. Income Tax: What It Is, How It Got That Way, and Where We Go From Here

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