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Taxation and Enterprise

In: Development Perspectives

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  • Paul Streeten

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Taxation—like economics—deals with two dangerous subjects which, combined, give an explosive mixture: a man’s pockets and his ideals. Fuel has been added recently by the publication in England of the three important reports of the Royal Commission on the Taxation of Profits and Income.1 These lucidly written documents, and especially the final one, will keep the fires of controversy burning for a long time to come, not only inside Great Britain but outside her shores. Although the commissioners have not reached revolutionary conclusions, many imaginative reform proposals were considered, discussed, and, occasionally rather regretfully, rejected. The general tenor is that the British tax system, although complex and defective in many respects, is, if not the best of all possible systems, at least among the least bad ones—and that most of its evils are necessary.

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  • Paul Streeten, 1981. "Taxation and Enterprise," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Development Perspectives, chapter 23, pages 407-417, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-05341-4_23
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05341-4_23
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