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Administering the Tax System We Have

Journal of Tax Administration

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Title Administering the Tax System We Have
 
Creator Hickman, Kristin E.
 
Description Traditional perceptions of tax exceptionalism from administrative law doctrines and requirements have been predicated at least in part on the importance of the tax code’s revenue raising function. Yet, Congress increasingly relies on the Internal Revenue Service to administer government programs that have little to do with raising revenue and much more to do with distributing government benefits to the economically disadvantaged, subsidizing approved activities, and regulating outright certain economic sectors like non-profits, pensions, and health care. As the attentions of the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service shift away from raising revenue and toward these other matters, the revenue-based justification for tax exceptionalism from general administrative law norms fades. To demonstrate the shift, the Article incorporates empirical analysis of Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service regulatory activity over time.
 
Publisher Journal of Tax Administration
 
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Date 2015-04-13
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://JoTA.website/article/view/9
 
Source Journal of Tax Administration; Vol 1, No 1 (2015)
2059-190X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://JoTA.website/article/view/9/17
 
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