Lawrence Zelenak

Figuring Out the Tax (eBook, PDF)

Congress, Treasury, and the Design of the Early Modern Income Tax

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Figuring Out the Tax recounts the forgotten early development of the federal income tax in the US, resulting from the interplay between Congress and the Treasury Department in the decades following the enactment of the tax in 1913. It covers a wide range of topics including the income tax treatments of marriage, capital losses, charitable contributions and homeownership, as well as the rise, demise and resurrection of income tax withholding. Lawrence Zelenak deftly illustrates how the income tax achieved its current form through a range of stories which are new to tax history scholarship and involve some remarkable personalities and surprising plot twists. Although of particular interest to tax academics and professionals, this book will also serve as a useful introduction to the development of income tax for undergraduate students and law students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108383806
• Artikelnr.: 50463262

Autorenporträt

Lawrence Zelenak is the Pamela B. Gann Professor of Law at Duke University, North Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Cordell Hull writes the income Tax; 2. The birth, death,
and resurrection of income tax withholding; Part I. Technical Problems
Exposed by the High Tax Rates of World War I: 3. How the income tax became
tax-inclusive; Part II. Early Mistakes and the Persistence of Error: 4. The
tax-free step-up in basis at death and the charitable deduction for
unrealized appreciation: the early mistakes; 5. The tax-free step-up in
basis at death and the charitable deduction for unrealized appreciation:
the failed reforms; Part III. Congress Muddles Through: 6. Capital losses
in the early income tax; 7. A troubled relationship from the start:
marriage and the income tax; Part IV. Congress Goes Its Own Way: 8. The
early income tax and the imputed rental income of homeowners; 9. 'Blowing a
kiss' at earned income; Part V. Concluding Perspectives: 10. 'Answers to
inquirers'; 11. Is there a moral to the story?