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Bad Breaks All Around: The Report Of The Century Foundation Working Group On Tax Expenditures
Manufacturer: Century Foundation
Paperback
200 pages
Published: April 2001
The Brookings Institution
ISBN: 0870784641
In a time of both budget surpluses and hostility toward government spending, tax breaks are politically appealing. But most tax breaks fail tests of transparency, accountability, and progressivity. This report, prepared by The Century Foundation Working Group on Tax Expenditures, offers broad policy recommendations as well as numerous examples of unjustifiable tax breaks.Offers policy recommendations for tax breaks and provides examples of unjustifiable tax breaks. The report includes three papers: Evaluating Tax Incentives as a Tool for Social and Economic Policy; Tax Expenditures in the Federal Budget; and Tax Breaks and Behavior: A Review of Evidence.
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