Lexington Books
Pages: 76
Trim: 5½ x 8½
978-1-4985-0008-1 • Hardback • August 2014 • $89.00 • (£68.00)
978-1-4985-0009-8 • eBook • August 2014 • $84.50 • (£65.00)
Hari S. Luitel is assistant professor in the Department of Business and Economics at Algoma University.
CONTENTS
List of Tables, ii
List of Figures, iv
List of Abbreviations Used, v
Preface, vii
Chapter 1: Introduction, 1
Chapter 2: Tax Amnesty Controversy and Rationale for the Need of Present Study, 3
Chapter 3: Literature Review, 5
Chapter 4: A Review of International Tax Amnesty Experience, 9
Chapter 5: A Review of US State Tax Amnesty Experience, 18
Chapter 6: A Review of Experience with the Colorado 1985 Tax Amnesty, 20
Chapter 7: A Review of Causes of State Tax Amnesties, 28
Chapter 8: Effects of Tax Amnesties on Tax Revenue, 41
Chapter 9: Summary, Discussion and Conclusion, 47
Notes, 51
References, 57
Index
Is Tax Amnesty a Good Tax Policy? is a concise and accessible review of U.S. state tax amnesty programs that emphasizes the interplay between current research on state level tax amnesty policies and those economists using aggregate time series data. This book does an impressive job of integrating insights available from many sources while drawing on economic theory as well as econometric evidence. The book adds not only to our understanding of the real world of contemporary US state public finance, but also reveals the excitement of the intellectual challenge in the field. The clarity of the analysis and exposition of complex ideas and evidence about state tax amnesty policies makes this book of special interest to serious tax researchers and practitioners in public policy analysis.
— Gerry Mahar, Algoma University