02658cam a2200409 i 4500999001900000001000900019003000800028005001700036007000300053008004100056010001700097020002400114020002100138035002400159040002800183041000800211042001400219043001200233050002400245082001900269100004500288245010200333264003800435300004100473336002600514337002800540338002700568504006700595505046900662520083001131650002901961650003101990650005302021650003602074942001202110952012602122  c113377d11337719613785BJBSDDR20230411090603.0ta091019s2018    nyua     b    001 0 eng d  a  2017301115  a9780143111146 (pbk)  a0143111140 (pbk)  a(OCoLC)ocn959037284  aYDXbspaerdacYDXdBDX  aeng  alccopycat  an-us---00aHJ 2381bR358f 201800a336.2009732231 aReid, T. R.q(Thomas Roy), 98690d1944-12aA fine mess :ba global quest for a simpler, fairer, and more efficient tax system /cT. R. Reid. 1aNew York :bPenguin Press,c2018.  a289 pages : billustrations ;c22 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.0 aEvery 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.  aThe 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. --cAdapted from dust jacket. 0aTaxationzUnited States. 0aIncome taxzUnited States. 4aImpuestos sobre la renta zEstados Unidos910547 4aImpuestos92560zEstados Unidos  2lcccBK  00102lcc40708CSaBJBbBJBcCSd2019-10-09l0oHJ 2381 R358f 2018p00000122458r2019-10-09 00:00:00t1w2023-04-11yBK