Breaking down the barriers to tax reform
Dresner, S
Breaking down the barriers to tax reform - 2002 - Environmental Information Bulletin (124) November/December 2002, 9-12(4) .
Argues that changes to the design of environmental taxes could make them more acceptable to industry and the public. These reforms represent a fundamental shift in the balance of taxation from labour to polluting activities. Reform could include financially rewarding people who reduce consumption. Aim is to raise taxes on environmentally damaging activities, while lowering others, usually on employment
ENVIRONMENTAL TAX
POLLUTION
Breaking down the barriers to tax reform - 2002 - Environmental Information Bulletin (124) November/December 2002, 9-12(4) .
Argues that changes to the design of environmental taxes could make them more acceptable to industry and the public. These reforms represent a fundamental shift in the balance of taxation from labour to polluting activities. Reform could include financially rewarding people who reduce consumption. Aim is to raise taxes on environmentally damaging activities, while lowering others, usually on employment
ENVIRONMENTAL TAX
POLLUTION