[Bigun]

I am simply asking a question here not seeking an argument.

Are any of you familiar with any other work, by any other author, seeking to quantify ALL costs imposed on the economy by the income tax system other than the one previously cited on this thread by Ancient_Geezer @ #534?

A comprehensive review of all the studies that attempt to measure the costs associated with the federal income tax appears in James L. Payne, Costly Returns: The Burdens of the U.S. Tax System (San Francisco: Institute for Contemporary Studies Press, 1993).

I am NOT familiar with any others but would LOVE to see them if they exsist.

[Always Right]

Are any of you familiar with any other work, by any other author, seeking to quantify ALL costs imposed on the economy by the income tax system other than the one previously cited on this thread by Ancient_Geezer @ #534?

If you are going to talk about ALL costs imposed by the income tax on the economy, you would also have to evaluate what the cost to the economy would be to a 30% sales tax. How many billions of dollars will consumers not spend to avoid paying that tax? The problem with these types of numbers are they are just guesses.

[Dimples]

Well, as I have found, it depends on how you define cost. Since I can't get a straight answer from ancient_geezer on a definition of cost, I can't say whether such a study exists.

However, I did cite 6 publications in post 536 which are authoritive sources on the cost of the tax system. But, I'm sure they got it wrong too (because of that "definition" thing again!)