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Tax reform and federal subsidy of the state-local sector: Is there a role for state-local tax deductibility?
Zimmerman, Dennis (Author)
1985
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
This report explains the economic rationales for Federal subsidy of public spending by the State-local sector and evaluates the changes in deductibility of State-local taxes proposed by the Treasury, Bradley-Gephardt, and Kemp-Kasten tax reform plans for consistency with these rationales.
Abstract -- Introduction -- Federal Subsidy of State-Local Provision?. What Justifies State-Local Provision? ; Why Should the Federal Government Subsidize State-Local Provision? ; Identifying the State-Local Goods to be Subsidized -- Is State-Local Tax Deductibility Consistent with the Economic Rationales for Federal Subsidy?. History of State-Local Tax Deductibility ; Eliminating Deductibility of All Taxes ; Eliminating Deductibility of Selected Taxes -- Conclusions.
Dennis Zimmerman, Specialist in Public Finance, Economics Division.
CRS 85-515 E
"January 28, 1985."
SuDoc# 14. 18/3
eng
1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
34 pages
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