02520cam a2200397 i 4500 113377 113377 19613785 BJBSDDR 20230411090603.0 ta 091019s2018 nyua b 001 0 eng d 2017301115 9780143111146 (pbk) 0143111140 (pbk) (OCoLC)ocn959037284 YDX spa rda YDX BDX eng lccopycat n-us--- HJ 2381 R358f 2018 336.200973 23 Reid, T. R. (Thomas Roy), 8690 1944- A fine mess : a global quest for a simpler, fairer, and more efficient tax system / T. R. Reid. New York : Penguin Press, 2018. 289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index. Every thirty-two years -- Policy laboratories -- "Low effort, low collection" -- Taxes : what are they good for? -- BBLR -- Scooping water with a sieve -- Flat broke -- The defining problem; the taxing solution -- Convoluted and pernicious strategies -- The single tax, the fat tax, the tiny tax, the carbon tax-- and no tax at all -- The Panama papers : sunny places for shady money -- Simplify, simplify -- The money machine -- The Internal Revenue Code of 2018. The U.S. tax code is a total write-off. Crammed with loopholes and special interest provisions, it works for no one except tax lawyers, accountants, and huge corporations. Not for the first time, we have reached a breaking point-- in fact, we reach one every thirty-two years. T.R. Reid crisscrosses the globe in search of exact solutions to the urgent tax problems of the United States. With an uncanny knack for making a complex subjects not just accessible but gripping, he investigates what makes good taxation (no, that's not an oxymoron) and brings that knowledge home where it is needed most. Reid presses the case for sensible root-and-branch reforms that will affect everyone. Doing our taxes will never be America's favorite pastime, but it can and should be so much easier and fairer. -- Adapted from dust jacket. Taxation United States. Income tax United States. Impuestos sobre la renta Estados Unidos 10547 Impuestos 2560 Estados Unidos lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2019-10-09 0 HJ 2381 R358f 2018 00000122458 2019-10-09 00:00:00 1 2023-04-11 BK