While the UK tax system becomes ever more complicated and textbooks reflect this trend, Taxation: Policy & Practice, 2001 edition, maintains its clarity and brevity. Student-friendly and informative, this textbook is based on a structured, conceptual framework. Updated annually to ensure an accurate reflection of the current tax climate, it avoids unnecessary and confusing detail to provide an ideal introduction to UK taxation, fiscal policy and decision making. Taxation: Policy and Practice offers basic coverage of current tax law and provides an excellent aid to an introductory taxation course. Written in an accessible style with examples, activities and questions throughout, this textbook gives students a thorough understanding of taxation principles and practice. The companion Website provides additional questions and answers, links to other tax materials available online and information on tax developments as they occur throughout the year. 'An excellent balance of practice and theory, without non-essential detail, makes this the first-choice student text for UK tax. ' Dr John Hasseldine, University of Nottingham 'This excellent text continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of taxation. The text combines detailed numerical examples and activities together with an excellent explanation of the legal concepts underpinning the subject. ' Ron Altshul, Leeds Metropolitan University 'Tax is a subject that is difficult to successfully encapsulate in a student text. However, Lymer and Hancock have produced not only a comprehensive, accessible and accurate book, but also one with an appropriate blend of approaches and material. ' Rebecca Boden, University of the West of England

JCS-5-05. Joint Committee Print. Provides an explanation of tax legislation enacted in the 108th Congress. Arranged in chronological order by the date each piece of legislation was signed into law. This document, prepared by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation in consultation with the staffs of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance, provides an explanation of tax legislation enacted in the 108th Congress. The explanation follows the chronological order of the tax legislation as signed into law. For each provision, the document includes a description of present law, explanation of the provision, and effective date. Present law describes the law in effect immediately prior to enactment. It does not reflect changes to the law made by the provision or subsequent to the enactment of the provision. For many provisions, the reasons for change are also included. In some instances, provisions included in legislation enacted in the 108th Congress were not reported out of committee before enactment. For example, in some cases, the provisions enacted were included in bills that went directly to the House and Senate floors. As a result, the legislative history of such provisions does not include the reasons for change normally included in a committee report. In the case of such provisions, no reasons for change are included with the explanation of the provision in this document. In some cases, there is no legislative history for enacted provisions. For such provisions, this document includes a description of present law, explanation of the provision, and effective date, as prepared by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation. In some cases, contemporaneous technical explanations of certain bills were prepared and published by the staff of the Joint Committee. In those cases, this document follows the technical explanations. Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise indicated.

There is no consensus on how strongly the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has stimulated U.S. private fixed investment. Some argue that the business tax provisions spurred investment by cutting the cost of capital. Others see the TCJA primarily as a windfall for shareholders. We find that U.S. business investment since 2017 has grown strongly compared to pre-TCJA forecasts and that the overriding factor driving it has been the strength of expected aggregate demand. Investment has, so far, fallen short of predictions based on the postwar relation with tax cuts. Model simulations and firm-level data suggest that much of this weaker response reflects a lower sensitivity of investment to tax policy changes in the current environment of greater corporate market power. Economic policy uncertainty in 2018 played a relatively small role in dampening investment growth.

The book explains the UK tax system and taxation regulations, income tax, employment tax, national insurance contributions, self assessment, corporation tax and others.

About this book This book contains detailed analysis of some of the key provisions of the Finance Act, 2021 with the objective of identifying various issues arising from the newly inserted provisions in the Income Tax Act, 1961. This book also captures the recent development in the world of international taxation. This includes UN tax developments and a very simple explanation of working of OECD Inclusive Frameworks Pillar One and Pillar Two blueprints, which are too complex and lengthy documents. From GST perspective, the book contains certain recommendations for rationalization of anti-profiteering provisions. The book also contains a Concept Paper on UN MLI presented by the author to the FACTI Panel and G77. The author has been pushing this idea at international forums for some time. Key Features Analysis of provisions related to: · Liable to tax · Slump sale · MAT · Taxation of ULIPS · Equalisation Levy · Amendment to SCRA · Section 89A · Concept of UN MLI · OECD Pillar One and Two Blueprint · India comments on OECD Commentary · Covid 19 and International Tax · Scope of option u/s 90(2) – Selective claim of treaty benefit · Scope of PE under the domestic law · UN Developments – Royalties, Indirect transfer and CIVs · Rationalisation of anti-profiteering provisions (GST law)