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Author Mumford, Ann

Title Tax policy, women and the law : UK and comparative perspectives / Ann Mumford
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010
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Description 1 online resource (x, 234 pages)
Series Cambridge tax law series
Cambridge tax law series.
Contents Introduction -- What is tax policy? -- Tax policy in action: gender budgeting -- Corporate social responsibility, and the possibility of common aims -- Tax policy in context -- Tax policy applied: taxation of the family unit -- Tax policy in systems revisited: families, tax law and the interaction of institutions -- Putting into the system: gender, markets and tax policy -- Conclusion
Summary "Tax policy frequently targets the choices that women face in many aspects of their lives. Decisions regarding working away from home, having children, marrying, registering a partnership or cohabiting with a partner all entail tax consequences. The end of the twentieth century saw progress in women's legal and social equality, butmany governments began to increase their reliance on the tax system as a means of influencing the choices that women make. The juxtaposition of this instrumentalist deployment of tax with persisting economic inequality for women is the starting point for this book. Employing a range of theoretical approaches, and grounding its investigations in sociological theory and cultural philosophy, it provides the foundation for a comparative, contextual consideration of the issues that arise at the intersection of women, tax policy and the law"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Women -- Taxation.
Women -- Taxation -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
Women -- Economic conditions
Women -- Great Britain -- Economic conditions
Poor women.
Fiscal policy -- Social aspects
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Taxation.
Poor women
Women -- Economic conditions
Women -- Taxation
Women -- Taxation -- Law and legislation
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780511919053
0511919050
9780511917097
0511917090
9780511781155
0511781156