Public Policy- taxation

Running Head : Taxation

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History of taxation

According to Arlen and Weiss (1995 , a well designed tax system is one that raises the necessary programs as efficiently , fairly and as simple as possible . The objective of any tax reform is to reconcile any existing goal conflict and reform the current taxation system in such a way that it minimizes the complexity , economic inefficiency and the unfairness that have characterized the taxation system for generations (pp .20

In the colonial America , the colonists were

paying taxes under the molasses Act , modified in 1764 to include import duties on the various commodities including sugar , wine and foreign molasses . This act was known as the sugar Act . Since this act did not raise substantial amount of revenue , another act known as the Stump Act was added in the year 1975 . This Act imposed a direct tax on all the newss printed in the colonies and on most legal and commercial documents . In the year 1794 there was the `Whiskey Rebellion ' started by settlers on the grounds that the existing tax system was discriminatory , which made the settlers to riot against the tax collectors . The result of this was that the congress in the year 1798 enacted the Federal Property Tax to pay for the expansion of the army and the navy (Fox , 2001 ,

.19 . This was in anticipation of any possible war with the France . The same year saw the out break of the `Fries rebellion ' in opposition...