61. SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Council Tax Reform Will Boost Housing Budgets Council tax reform will boost housing budgets Matt Weaver Tuesday August 21, 2001Councils look set to be given the power to raise well over £100m to spend on http://society.guardian.co.uk/localgovfinance/story/0,1205,545013,00.html

Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs Life MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Online Politics Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Travel Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The weblog The informer The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Information Newsroom Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Guardian Weekly Money Observer Home Health Housing Regeneration ... Help Search this site Recent articles Council tax reform is in right area MPs attack Prescott over council cash reforms Huge pay hike for 'fair' council's chief Pensioned off ... Local government Council tax reform will boost housing budgets Matt Weaver Tuesday August 21, 2001 Councils look set to be given the power to raise well over £100m to spend on housing under plans to double the council tax on empty properties and second homes. Government proposals expected later this year will take forward plans announced in last year's rural white paper to allow English councils to charge full council tax on second homes. After lobbying from housing campaigners, the paper will also propose to give councils the discretion to charge full rates on long term empty homes. At the moment owners of second homes and empty homes enjoy a 50% discount on council tax.

62. Savvy Tax Reform Strategy Emerging -- The Washington Times Every few years, interest in fundamental tax reform rises. The February5, 2003 Savvy tax reform strategy emerging. Bruce Bartlett. Every http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20030205-81117256.htm

Front Page Nation/Politics World Commentary ... Employment Extra February 5, 2003 Savvy tax reform strategy emerging Bruce Bartlett      Every few years, interest in fundamental tax reform rises. The leading proposal has long been a flat rate tax on a consumption base, such as the Hall-Rabushka plan. However, the interest always fades because the transition from our current system is too difficult, both politically and economically.      Consequently, in recent years, flat-tax supporters have concentrated more on incremental tax changes that would gradually move us in the direction of a flat tax. If enough progress were made, then perhaps at some future date we would achieve something close to it. Tax reformer Ernest Christian has identified the key steps as the 5 easy pieces:      (1) Lower income-tax rates, especially the top rate, to get us closer to a single statutory tax rate.      (2) Increase depreciation allowances, so as to move closer to immediate write-offs for investments in capital equipment.      (3) Raise the estate tax exemption and move toward repeal of this tax.

63. The Bulletin 6/3: Eco Tax Reform ECONOMY Eco tax reform an option for CEE. by Kai Schlegelmilch. Thisprocess is now broadly defined as Ecological tax reform (ETR). http://www.rec.org/REC/Bulletin/Bull63/economy.html

E C O N O M Y Eco Tax Reform - an option for CEE by Kai Schlegelmilch Advantages of environmental taxes Environmental taxes offer several benefits. They can: Internalize externalities into prices (these are costs that are not paid by the polluter so far) Set incentives to change the behavior of producers and consumers Raise revenues, e.g. for a comprehensive ETR Spur cost-effective and innovative responses, thus strengthen competitiveness and employment Cope well with diffuse pollution sources Help to reinforce other instruments, particularly regulations. These effects are especially supported when the revenues as part of an ETR are used to reduce other more distortionary taxes which often disturb economic and social welfare. Thus a "double" or "multiple" dividend may occur. Which countries use environmental taxes? So far most examples are from Scandinavia. But an increased use of environmental taxes is also apparent in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. And in Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden environmental taxes are part of a more comprehensive ETR. However, only limited progress in the introduction of taxes on the EU-level can be noticed. In 1992, a combined CO2/energy tax was proposed by the European Commission, but failed to gain approval by all Member States. Generally, the perceived potential loss of competitiveness (of only a few sectors) appears to be a main obstacle - although these sectors should have been exempted! But critics argued that exemptions would soon be considered as "subsidies" and therefore abolished. In May 1995, a modified proposal for such a tax was presented, leaving more room for national action. But still there is no support for this from all countries. In autumn 1995, Germany refused to accept a CO2/energy tax that would not be mandatory for all Member States. For the turn of the year 1996/97, the EU-Commission is expected to come up with a new proposal.

64. Proposal For A Comprehensive Electronic Funds Transaction Tax Site contains economic theory, proposal justification, questions and answers, and comparisons with the current Federal system of taxation and with other tax reform plans. http://www.ixpres.com/concepts

Proposal for a Comprehensive Electronic Funds Transfer Tax Version: February 2001 This proposal is a work in progress. I have placed it on the Internet so that you, the reader, might have an opportunity to comment upon it and to contribute to it. Thank you, Mike Blackburn Comments? concepts@ixpres.com Outline The following sections may be read in sequence for the best sense of the logic of the proposal. 1. Summary of the Proposed Electronic Funds Transfer Tax 1.1 Recent History of the Transaction Tax Concept. 1.2 Links to Related Web Sites. 2. Discontent with the Current Federal Income Tax 2.1 Common Attitudes about Taxes. 2.1.1 Why Resentment? 2.1.2 Why Suspicion? 2.1.3 Why Anxiety? 2.2 Uncommon Expectations for Tax Reform. 2.3 Complaints with the Current Federal Tax Revenue Process. 2.3.1 Too Complex. 2.3.2 Too Unfair. 2.3.3 Too Anti-investment. 2.3.4 Too Corrupting of our Political System. 3. Flat Tax and National Sales Tax Proposals 3.1 Flat Tax. 3.2 National Sales Tax. 4. Economics of Taxation (or Economics 0.101) 4.1 On the complaint that taxation reduces individual net worth. 4.2 On the complaint that taxation reduces investment incentive.

65. PA Local Tax Reform psu.gif (1296 bytes) Local tax reform Education Project. Table of Contents. BriefOverview of the Pennsylvania Local tax reform Website. http://cax.aers.psu.edu/taxreform/

66. Tax Reform Debate Index Key ACOSS tax reform documents available on this website include. 2000Releases 22, 2000. 1999 Releases Business tax reform Govt. Gives to http://www.acoss.org.au/taxreform/

Key ACOSS tax reform documents available on this website include 2000 Releases and ACOSS INFO papers Tax cuts mainly benefit the better off: Letter - INFO 213 - June 28, 2000 Impact of the Revised Tax Package on Australian Households - INFO 212 - June 23, 2000 - June 23, 2000 No GST on Boarding House Rents or Caravan Park Residents - June 16, 2000 Timor levy should be kept and used to boost social services - May 05, 2000 Govt. - Democrats agreement on Fringe Benefits Tax welcome - Apr. 13, 2000 Curb negative gearing and ease tax cuts to avoid more interest rate rises - Apr. 05, 2000 Budget cuts not on when the rich get a $57 a week tax cut - Mar. 22, 2000 Govt. Gives to Business but GST Takes from Charities Dec. 6, 1999 CGT deal: A crushing blow to the progressive income tax system Nov. 25, 1999 Nov. 17, 1999 Up to $8 billion at risk: ACOSS warns Oct. 22, 1999 Church agencies and ACOSS call for halt to Capital Gains Tax cuts Oct. 12, 1999

67. Business Council Of Australia - The BCA’s overall objective in its involvement in tax reform is to improvethe competitiveness of Australian taxation and to ensure the tax system http://www.bca.com.au/content.asp?newsID=827

68. Untitled Document The current estate tax concept dates back to 1916 and its principles were containedin the tax reform Act of 1976, which set the tax rules for all transfers of http://speakout.com/activism/issues_budget/

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69. The Health And Aged Care Tax Reform Information Page The Health and Aged Care tax reform Information Page. The tax reform legislationcan be viewed at http//scaleplus.law.gov.au/ under Commonwealth Acts. http://www.health.gov.au/gst/

The Health and Aged Care Tax Reform Information Page Fact Sheets Health FAQs Aged Care FAQs What's New ... Health Home Page Welcome Welcome to the Health and Aged Care Tax Information page. This web-site contains information and links to other relevant web sites, to keep you up to date with how The New Tax System will affect health and aged care goods and services. The New Tax System On 1 July 2000, The New Tax System will come into effect. Details of how the tax reform package will operate, and how it will affect businesses and individuals, are available by visiting the Australian Tax Office web site http://www.ato.gov.au or by phoning 132 487. The tax reform legislation can be viewed at http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/ under Commonwealth Acts. ( Scaleplus is the legal information retrieval system owned by the Australian Attorney General's Department.) Health and Aged Care Health and aged care goods and services have been given a very fair treatment under the tax reforms. While the majority of goods and services will attract a goods and services tax of 10% under The New Tax System, common medical goods and services will be GST-free. This includes most doctor and hospital services and a wide range of allied health services such as dental and physiotherapy. Also the majority of drugs available from pharmacies, a large range of medical aids for the disabled, the elderly or ill, and some complementary health therapies will be GST-free.

70. AUSTRALIA COUNCIL : HOT ISSUES : TAX REFORM 09/99 bulletin 3. 08/99 bulletin 2. 05/99 bulletin 1. tax reformlinks. support for the arts about this site, resources hot issues. home. http://www.ozco.gov.au/issues/taxreform/

71. Tax Reform: National Retails Sales Tax Act - U.S. Government Info/Resources - Da About the National Retails Sales Tax Act, from About.com Guide. http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa032098.htm?pid=2761&cob=home

72. Dennis M. Carriger For Congress - Tax Reform tax reform 1. Eliminate the inheritance tax. 2. Provide tax credits for companiesthat move job creating industries into cities with high unemployment rates. http://www.geocities.com/carriger2000/tax.htm

Tax Reform 1. Eliminate the inheritance tax. 2. Provide tax credits for companies that move job creating industries into cities with high unemployment rates. 3. Eliminate unnecessary corporate welfare. 4. Increase tariffs on countries with high trade deficits with the U.S. coupled with decreased federal taxes on small businesses and working families. 5. Eliminate federal taxpayer increment financing for federal projects that benefit powerful moneyed corporations at taxpayer expense. Industries such as the railroad and oil industry do not need or deserve taxpayer financing. Updated September 1, 2000

73. AAPG Position: Tax Reform Policy Statement tax reform. The American Association governments.Policy Statement on tax reform Issues Ð US Members. US members http://www.aapg.org/divisions/dpa/gac/papers/taxref.html

AAPG Home Page DPA Home Page Policy Statements Policy Statement: Tax Reform The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, an international organization, supports policies of all countries which serve to encourage petroleum exploration and development within and outside their boundaries. Economies throughout the world are greatly dependent on abundant supplies of petroleum at reasonable cost, and policies which serve to find and produce petroleum anywhere in the world, in the larger sense, benefit all the peoples of the world. Petroleum exploration and production are extremely capital intensive and the role of taxation is very important to the development of oil and gas resources throughout the world. Taxes of any type, by any authority, imposed on any entity engaged in the activities of petroleum exploration and production, act to impede by some measure the efficacy of those efforts. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists is comprised of members of many countries. While recognizing the legitimate right and need of all nations to impose and collect taxes in order to finance governmental operations, we affirm the efforts of all members to establish fairer and more equitable petroleum tax policies of their respective governments.

74. Tax Reform: Flat Tax - U.S. Government Info/Resources - Date: 03/13/98 About the Armey/Shelby flat tax income tax proposal, from About.com Guide http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa031398.htm?TMog=62139766411818&M

75. International Tax Reform Meetup International tax reform Meetup. in 4 Days. WHAT. Frequentlyasked Questions.Is this affiliated with any tax reform-related organization? No. http://taxreform.meetup.com/

@import url(/inc/meetup_advanced.css); Meetup Home Sign In Tax Reform International Tax Reform Meetup in 2 Days WHAT Meetup with local politically-minded folks to discuss tax reform. WHO Tax Reformers worldwide are invited. 27 have signed up so far. WHEN Monday, Apr 14 @ 8:00PM (2nd Monday of every month.) Next Meetup Profile Tell Friends Attendees Photos ... Links Join other Tax Reformers near you! US Residents, enter your 5-digit Zip Code: Non-US Residents, select your city: Select Your City Argentina: Buenos Aires, Argentina Australia: Adelaide, Australia Australia: Brisbane, Australia Australia: Canberra, Australia Australia: Melbourne, Australia Australia: Perth, Australia Australia: Sydney, Australia Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Brazil: So Paulo, Brasil Canada: Calgary, AB Canada: Edmonton, AB Canada: Fredericton, NB Canada: Halifax, NS Canada: Montréal, PQ Canada: Ottawa, ON Canada: Toronto, ON Canada: Vancouver, BC Canada: Waterloo, ON Canada: Winnipeg, MB Colombia: Bogota, Colombia Czech Republic: Prague, Czech Republic Denmark: Copenhagen, Denmark

76. George W. Bush On Tax Reform George W. Bush on tax reform. Subsections under tax reform Income taxCut; Returning the Surplus; Other issues under tax reform. Retroactive http://www.issues2000.org/George_W__Bush_Tax_Reform.htm

77. Al Gore On Tax Reform Al Gore on tax reform. Sub 2000. Lower taxes for working families withtargeted tax reform. Offer tax cuts to those who need them most. http://www.issues2000.org/Al_Gore_Tax_Reform.htm

78. Political Advocacy Groups: Tax Reform Political Advocacy Groups tax reform. Americans for tax reform URLhttp//www.atr.org EMail info@atr.org 1920 L St. NW, Suite http://www.csuchico.edu/~kcfount/taxes.html

Political Advocacy Groups: Tax Reform Sections: Subjects All Groups A-Z About this Site Search ... Legend Americans for Fair Taxation URL: http://fairtax.org/home.html E-Mail: Queryaft@aol.com PO Box 27487 Houston, TX 77227-7487 Phone: 888-STOP-1040 "A single-rate retail sales tax, The Fair Tax will tax only what individuals choose to spend, allowing citizens to control how much tax they pay and when they pay it. The Fair Tax will eliminate all federal income taxes, including capital gains taxes, all payroll taxes, estate and gift taxes, and corporate and self-employment taxes. It will close all tax loopholes. It will abolish the IRS, and individual taxpayers will never again file tax returns." (http://fairtax.org/home.html) Americans for Tax Reform URL: http://www.atr.org E-Mail: info@atr.org 1920 L St. NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-785-0266 Fax: 202-785-0261 They advocate "a complete replacement of the existing system, one tax rate, consumption or income taxed one time, a generous allowance for families, a two-thirds supermajority vote requirement in both Houses of Congress for any tax increase, a net tax cut." (http://www.atr.org/atr/atrmission.html)

79. The Flat Tax, Flat-Lined - Republicans Usually Love Tax Reform. Now That They Co Basic tax reform has long been one of the Republican Party's most cherishedideas. The Flat Tax, FlatLined Republicans usually love tax reform. http://slate.msn.com/id/2074589/

MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Search ... Money document.write('') Search the Web: powered by MSN Search Print E-mail Discuss Alerts ... About Us Search Slate Advanced Search the dismal science The Flat Tax, Flat-Lined Republicans usually love tax reform. Now that they control Washington, why are they scared of it? By Robert Shapiro Posted Tuesday, November 26, 2002, at 10:02 AM PT Basic tax reform has long been one of the Republican Party's most cherished ideas. For many conservatives, a simple and flat income tax is the holy grail of public policy. Earlier this year, before the Republican electoral sweep, President Bush asked his treasury secretary to evaluate options for overhauling the tax system. So now that Republicans monopolize Washington, you'd expect a major push to overhaul the tax code. Instead, almost no one is calling for a tax overhaul. The administration reportedly wants only a modest tax package that won't even accelerate most of the 2001 tax changes. What has happened? Economic reality is proving more potent than political desire. Economists generally favor an approach to tax reform that broadens the tax base and uses the additional revenues from the bigger base to cut tax rates. Broadening the base means ridding the tax code of the special deductions, credits, exemptions, and allowances that currently shield about half of all income from federal income tax. Trading off a simpler code for lower rates makes macroeconomic sense. Eliminating lots of deductions, credits, and so on would reduce the tax code's influence over how the economy allocates its resources, which is good for growth. Lower rates also should promote a more efficient economy, based on the rule of thumb in public finance that the efficiency costs of a tax are proportional to the square of its marginal rate.

80. Tax Reform tax reform or Fiscal Reform? Presentation at the Special tax reform is arecurrent issue, and not only in Brazil. Other leading nations, such http://www.fazenda.gov.br/ingles/ajuste/taxrefor.html

Tax Reform or Fiscal Reform? Pedro Parente Deputy Minister, Finance Ministry Introduction We have opted for an eminently technical presentation, devoid of concerns over repercussions of a political nature, and not conditioned by the structure of the tax reform proposal previously presented. It reflects the technical stance of the Ministry of Finance, based on internal discussions branching out of the proposals presented by Mr. Everardo Maciel, Secretary of the Federal Income. Tax Reform is a recurrent issue, and not only in Brazil. Other leading nations, such as the United States and Germany, are also discussing or have recently discussed reforms in their tax systems. In our case, this is a recurring theme because our system, in general terms: has an obsolete structure hinders competitiveness is too complex induces evasion, including that which is unintentional is not propitious to harmonization with other tax systems. Globalization and the integration agreements require a common fiscal expression throughout the world, a kind of "fiscal lingua franca". Another way to define this process is the so-called search for "harmonization" among tax systems. Simplicity and amplitude are sine-qua-non in the harmonization process. It is difficult, if not impossible, to harmonize complex systems containing exceptions. Simplicity, by the way, is a permanent requirement of the Brazilian society, whose most evident manifestation was the movement to support the single-tax system.

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