Download This PaperAre Discriminatory Tax Rates Ethically Justifiable?
8 Pages Posted: 5 May 2005
Abstract
This paper explores the question of whether discriminatory tax rates are ethically justifiable. The author looks at the issue from various ethical perspectives and concludes that charging different rates to different people cannot be justified on any ethical grounds.
Keywords: Ability to pay, tax policy, redistribution, ethics, discrimination
JEL Classification: D63, E62, H23, H22, H24
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McGee, Robert W., Are Discriminatory Tax Rates Ethically Justifiable?. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=713902
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