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Should Capital Income Be Subject to Consumption-Based Taxation?

In: TAXATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Selected Essays of George R. Zodrow

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In 2005, the report of the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform proposed two alternative approaches to tax reform. If implemented, both plans would move the tax system farther away from the full taxation of capital income that is the hallmark of a true income tax. However, the panel did not recommend enacting a true consumption tax — instead, both proposals are hybrid income-consumption taxes. The report thus highlights the uncertainty regarding the appropriate tax treatment of capital income, the focus of this book. This chapter examines the central issue the panel faced — whether to implement full-scale consumption-based taxation of capital income.

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  • George R. Zodrow, 2019. "Should Capital Income Be Subject to Consumption-Based Taxation?," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: George R Zodrow (ed.), TAXATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Selected Essays of George R. Zodrow, chapter 5, pages 131-168, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    2. Charles E. McLure Jr. & Jack Mintz & George R. Zodrow, 2019. "US Supreme Court Unanimously Chooses Substance over Form in Foreign Tax Credit Case: Implications of the PPL Decision for the Creditability of Cash-flow Taxes," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: George R Zodrow (ed.), TAXATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Selected Essays of George R. Zodrow, chapter 7, pages 195-225, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    3. Margaret K. McKeehan & George R. Zodrow, 2019. "Balancing Act: Weighing the Factors Affecting the Taxation of Capital Income in a Small Open Economy," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: George R Zodrow (ed.), TAXATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Selected Essays of George R. Zodrow, chapter 12, pages 347-396, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    4. Charles E McLure & Jack Mintz & George R. Zodrow, 2014. "US Supreme Court Unanimously Chooses Substance over Form in Foreign Tax Credit," Working Papers 1411, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation.
    5. George Zodrow, 2006. "Capital Mobility and Source-Based Taxation of Capital Income in Small Open Economies," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 13(2), pages 269-294, May.
    6. Michael Sattinger, 2010. "Income Tax Incidence with Positive Population Growth," Discussion Papers 10-04, University at Albany, SUNY, Department of Economics.
    7. M. Ziliotti & D. Benedetti, 2011. "IL CONSUMO COME MISURA DELLA BASE IMPONIBILE. Recenti applicazioni nel sistema tributario italiano," Economics Department Working Papers 2011-EP01, Department of Economics, Parma University (Italy).
    8. John W. Diamond & George R. Zodrow, 2006. "Economic Effects of a Personal Capital Income Tax Add-On to a Consumption Tax," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper0629, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
    9. George R. Zodrow, 2010. "International Taxation and Company Tax Policy in Small Open Economies," Chapters, in: Iris Claus & Norman Gemmell & Michelle Harding & David White (ed.), Tax Reform in Open Economies, chapter 6, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    10. Zodrow, George R. & Diamond, John W., 2013. "Dynamic Overlapping Generations Computable General Equilibrium Models and the Analysis of Tax Policy: The Diamond–Zodrow Model," Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling, in: Peter B. Dixon & Dale Jorgenson (ed.), Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 0, pages 743-813, Elsevier.
    11. Athiphat Muthitacharoen & George R. Zodrow, 2008. "The Efficiency Costs of Local Property Tax," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper0815, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
    12. John W. Diamond & George R. Zodrow, 2013. "Promoting Growth, Maintaining Progressivity, and Dealing with the Fiscal Crisis," Public Finance Review, , vol. 41(6), pages 852-884, November.
    13. Charles E. McLure, Jr. & George R. Zodrow, 2007. "Consumption-based Direct Taxes: A Guided Tour of the Amusement Park," FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 63(2), pages 285-307, June.
    14. George R. Zodrow, 2019. "Capital Mobility and Capital Tax Competition," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: George R Zodrow (ed.), TAXATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Selected Essays of George R. Zodrow, chapter 18, pages 543-570, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..

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