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Taxation: The Peoples Business (big Business) by Mellon, Andrew W. 1855-1937. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A masterful explanation of the American tax system by the reformer Andrew Mellon. During his 11 years in office as Secretary of the Treasury, he cut income taxes, reduced public spending, and brought an end to the excess profits tax, all while reducing the federal debt left over from World War I. The opening words are a classic summary of his tax The problem of the government is to fix rates which will bring in a maximum amount of revenue to the Treasury and at the same time bear not too heavily on the taxpayer or on business enterprises. A sound tax policy must take into consideration three factors. It must produce sufficient revenue for the government; it must lessen, so far as possible, the burden of taxation on those least able to bear it; and it must also remove those influences which might retard the continued steady development of business and industry on which, in the last analysis, so much of our prosperity depends. Furthermore, a permanent tax system should be designed, not merely for one or two years nor for the effect it may have on any given class of taxpayers but should be worked out with regard to conditions over a long period and with a view to its ultimate effect o

Who reads Taxation: The Peoples Business (big Business)?

Author

Mellon, Andrew W. 1855-1937.

Publisher

Arno Press, 1973 [c1924].

Published

1924

Language

EN

ISBN

9780405051012

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Economics, Social Science, Business