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Nicholas Kaldor: The Expenditure Tax

Nicholas Kaldor: The Expenditure Tax14 Feb 202524 min

Google Notebook LM generated: This document by Nicholas Kaldor provides an overview of the concept of an expenditure tax, as detailed in the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations' 1974 report. The report examines the historical context, theoretical underpinnings, administrative feasibility, and potential applications of an expenditure tax. This tax, is fundamentally different from an income tax because it taxes what individuals spend rather than what they earn.