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Sales Taxation: Critical Issues in Policy and Administration

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Publisher Comments:

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the major issues in state sales taxation. Topics such as taxation of services, mergers and acquisitions, nonprofit organizations, media, religious organizations, and international companies are analyzed by a group of the nation's leading experts on state taxation, including representatives of industry, government, and academia. The book identifies long-term qualitative and quantitative trends in the sales tax base and rates. Likely policy changes during the next decade are pinpointed and their implications discussed. Emerging sales tax problems are identified and analyzed, and techniques for integrating equity in sales tax design are included. This unique volume will be of interest to tax planners and managers in business, and tax policy-makers and administrators in state and local governments.

Review:

They clearly describe the pros and cons of extending state sales taxes to services. Legislators, staff, and tax administrators will find the discussion of that issue fresh, lucid, and discerning.The Fiscal Letter

Review:

I strongly recommend this book to individuals who work in financial revenue areas of government, as well as to those interested in familiarizing themselves with issues and challenges that lie ahead for policymakers concerning building and expanding tax bases and revenue sources.Government Finance Review

Synopsis:

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the major issues in state sales taxation. Topics such as taxation of services, mergers and acquisitions, nonprofit organizations, media, religious organizations, and international companies are analyzed by a group of the nation's leading experts on state taxation, including representatives of industry, government, and academia. The book identifies long-term qualitative and quantitative trends in the sales tax base and rates. Likely policy changes during the next decade are pinpointed and their implications discussed. Emerging sales tax problems are identified and analyzed, and techniques for integrating equity in sales tax design are included.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-180) and index.

About the Author

WILLIAM F. FOX is Professor of Economics and Associate Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Frederick D. Stocker

Sales Tax Trends

Sales Tax Trends and Issues by Robert D. Ebel and Christopher Zimmerman

Sales Tax Policy During the Next Decade by Billy Hamilton and John Mikesell

A Symposium on the Sales Tax as Applied to Services Sales Taxation of Services: An Overview of the Critical Issues by Walter Hellerstein

Sales Taxation of Services: Has its Time Come? by William F. Fox

Sales Tax on Services: A Tax Administrator's Perspective by John P. James

Sales Tax on Services: State Trends by Laird Graeser and Allen Maury

Emerging Problems in Applying Sales Taxes The Sales Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions by Peter L. Faber

Sales Taxation of Nonprofit Organizations: Purchases and Sales by John L. Mikesell

First Amendment Limitations on Sales and use Taxation: What is Left after Leathers V. Medlock? by C. James Judson and C. David Jennings

Globalization of the Marketplace: Sales and Use Tax Implications by Wayne G. Eggert

Issues in Sales Tax Structures Simplifying the Sales Tax: Credits or Exemptions? by Steven D. Gold

Expanding the Sales Tax Base: Implications for Growth and Stability by Richard F. Dye

Selected Bibliography

Index

Product Details

ISBN:
9780275940539
Subtitle:
Critical Issues in Policy and Administration
Editor:
Fox, William F.
Other:
Fox, William F.
Editor:
Fox, William F.
Author:
Fox, William F.
Other:
Fox, William F.
Publisher:
Praeger Publishers
Location:
Westport, Conn. :
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Accounting - General
Subject:
Taxation - General
Subject:
Congresses
Subject:
Sales tax
Subject:
Sales tax -- United States -- Congresses.
Subject:
Economics - General
Series Volume:
39
Publication Date:
19920930
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
200
Dimensions:
1.10 in.
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