SMNR: Tax Policy

Semester: Spring 2014
Course ID: 397S
Credit Hours: 3
Unique: 30185

Course Information

Course Type: Seminar

Registration Information

Upperclass-only elective

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
THU	10:30 am - 12:20 pm	JON 5.208

Evaluation Method

Type	Date	Time	Location
Paper

Description

This course provides an introduction to tax and fiscal policy. We will address policy issues relating to the general structure of the income tax, policy considerations raised by objectives other than principally raising revenue, and the tax legislative process. The goal is to develop a knowledgeable and critical understanding of the basic principles of tax policy. Prerequisite: Federal Income Taxation.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

The Benefit and the Burden *

B. Bartlett

Simon & Schuster 2012 , edition: 2012 edition
ISBN: 978-1-4516-4625-2 (p

Taxing Ourselves *

J. Slemrod and J. Bakija

MIT Press , edition: 4th edition
ISBN: 978-0262693939

Taxes in America *

L. Burman & J. Slemrod

Oxford Univ. Press
ISBN: 978-0199890262

Instructors

Drapkin, Dennis B.