tax policies
Government collection laws
Tax policies are the rules and decisions governments make about taxation—what gets taxed, at what rates, and who pays.
The term encompasses everything from income tax brackets to corporate tax incentives to estate taxes.
Discussions of tax policy often divide along ideological lines: Her tax policies favor the wealthy, The candidate promised tax policies that would help small businesses.
- OECD guidelinesWealthy nations' policy recommendations
- corporate taxLevy on company profits
- capital gains taxLevy on asset sale profits
- deductionsConclusions from reasoning
- tax breaksReductions in owed levies
customs duty · offshore accounts · exemptions · income tax · fiscal stimulus · excise tax · payroll tax · tax code · economic inequality · wealth redistribution · revenue generation · audits · social welfare programs · tax burden · tax brackets · trickle down · fair share · enforcement agencies
tax policiesgovernment spending
State allocation of funds
budget allocations · public expenditure · public spending · welfare spending · subsidy programs
tax policiestax exemptions
Legally untaxed income portions
tax-free status · tax havens · duty-free zones · tax shelters · flat tax
tax policieslaissez-faire economics
Minimal state economic involvement
deregulation · privatization · non-interventionism · tax havens · anarcho-capitalism