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Learning to Love Form 1040
Lawrence Zelenak
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Description for Learning to Love Form 1040
Hardcover. No one likes paying taxes, much less the process of filing tax returns. In this title, the author argues that filing taxes can strengthen fiscal citizenship by prompting taxpayers to reflect on the contract they have with their government and the value - or perceived lack of value - they receive in exchange for their money. Num Pages: 168 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
No one likes paying taxes, much less the process of filing tax returns. For years, would-be reformers have advocated replacing the return-based mass income tax with a flat tax, federal sales tax, or some combination thereof. Congress itself has commissioned studies on the feasibility of a system of exact withholding. But might the much-maligned return-based taxation method serve an important civic purpose? In "Learning to Love Form 1040", Lawrence Zelenak argues that filing taxes can strengthen fiscal citizenship by prompting taxpayers to reflect on the contract they have with their government and the value - or perceived lack of value ... Read more
No one likes paying taxes, much less the process of filing tax returns. For years, would-be reformers have advocated replacing the return-based mass income tax with a flat tax, federal sales tax, or some combination thereof. Congress itself has commissioned studies on the feasibility of a system of exact withholding. But might the much-maligned return-based taxation method serve an important civic purpose? In "Learning to Love Form 1040", Lawrence Zelenak argues that filing taxes can strengthen fiscal citizenship by prompting taxpayers to reflect on the contract they have with their government and the value - or perceived lack of value ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226018928
SKU
V9780226018928
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99-15
About Lawrence Zelenak
Lawrence Zelenak is the Pamela B. Gann Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law.
Reviews for Learning to Love Form 1040
"Beyond a mere ode to the current tax system, Lawrence Zelenak's book also suggests legal reforms to reinforce the salutary effects of taxation, as well as changes that would make returns more effective as an educational device. No one, to my knowledge, has examined this argument from as many perspectives nor in such depth. Learning to Love Form 1040 will ... Read more