Analyzing the standard deduction as a presumptive tax |
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Authors: | Joel Slemrod Shlomo Yitzhaki |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Economics, University of Michigan, 48109 Ann Arbor, MI, USA;(2) Hebrew University, Isreal |
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Abstract: | Presumptive taxes can be found in the tax system of most developing countries and make sense when the desired tax base is difficult to measure, verify, and monitor. As a substitute for the desired tax base, the presumed tax base is derived from items that can be more readily monitored. Presumed taxes can also be found in developed countries, and examples include fixed depreciation schedules in place of asset-specific measures of decline in asset value, floors on deductible expenses, and the standard deduction. The authors analyze presumptive income taxation with an ultimate goal to initiate an approach to optimal presumptive taxation. This paper begins that task by analyzing the standard deduction in the individual income tax system in the United States. |
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Keywords: | taxation horizontal equity compliance costs |
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