Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2011
Abstract
This paper addresses three questions: 1. Is regulation a legitimate goal for taxation? 2. Which tax is best suited for regulation? 3. Would it be better to allocate just one goal per tax among the major taxes (individual and corporate income tax and VAT)? It then analyzes the proposed bank tax and the enacted health care tax as regulatory taxes, and concludes that the first is desirable (as is a carbon tax) but the second is not.
Recommended Citation
Avi-Yonah, Reuven S. "Taxation as Regulation: Carbon Tax, Health Care Tax, Bank Tax and Other Regulatory Taxes." Acct. Econ. & L. 1, no. 1 (2011): Article 6.
Comments
The final publication is also available at http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ael.