Tax cheating : illegal--but is it immoral? / Donald Morris
- Bib ID:
- 6005707
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Morris, Donald, 1945-
- Description:
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- Albany : Excelsior Editions, c2012
- xiv, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781438442709
- 143844270X
- 9781438442716
- 1438442718
- Full contents:
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- Machine generated contents note: One.Tax Cheating
- -The Problem
- Introduction
- Tax Cheating
- Tax Fairness
- The Meaning of Cheating in Tax
- Tax Fraud
- Penalties and Deterrence
- Cheating
- -Specific Characteristics
- Two.The Tax Gap, Tax Protestors, and Small Business
- The Voluntary Tax System
- The World of Tax Protestors
- The Gaping Tax Gap
- Small Business and the Tax Gap
- The Broken Window of Opportunity
- Three.Tax Complexity
- The Complexity Problem
- Is Complexity to Blame?
- The Moral Dilemma
- Nonvoluntary Taxation
- Complexity and Morals
- Is There Ever a Time for Draconian Measures?
- Four.The Moral Duty to Obey the Law
- Morality and Legality
- Ethical Relativism and Absolutism
- The Role of Morality in the Law
- Moral Obedience to the Law
- The Ethics of Tax Evasion
- Justifying a Moral Duty
- Five.Cheating, Competition, and Fairness
- Cheating and Competition
- Hand-to-Hand Combat
- Fairness and Equality
- Contents note continued: Getting What You Pay For
- What If Everyone Cheated?
- The Uneven Playing Field
- Six.Unintentional Cheating
- A Fork in the Road
- Fair Share Argument
- Unintended Cheating
- The Meaning of Cheating in Football
- Blaming the Messenger
- Seven.The Courts, Equity, and Taxes Due
- Taxes and Equity
- Rules and Principles
- The Innocent Spouse Rules
- The Courts and Equity
- Equity, Subjectivity, and Negligence
- The Bankrupt Taxpayer
- Interpreting the Law
- -Transparency
- Eight.Compliance, Complexity, Conscience, and Fairness
- The Moral Dimension of Tax Compliance
- The Matthew Effect
- Our Vision of a Fair Share
- The Moral Quality of Actions
- Enlisting Conscience in Reducing Tax Cheating
- Conscientious Objectors
- Civil Disobedience.
- Notes:
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- Formerly CIP.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-268) and index.
- Subject:
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