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" The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor and every other person. (3) Every tax ought to... "
Principles of the Economic Philosophy of Society, Government and Industry - Page 458
by Van Buren Denslow - 1888 - 782 pages
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The R.M. Johnston Memorial Volume: Being a Selection of the Principal ...

Robert Mackenzie Johnston - Economics - 1921 - 500 pages
...is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State. " 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor and to every other person....
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Elements of Economics

Adelbert Grant Fradenburgh - Economics - 1921 - 392 pages
....the average man having an income of $7,000. The second of Adam Smith's canons is self-explanatory: "The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor and to every other person."...
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Public Finance

Otto Eckstein - Finance, Public - 1927 - 812 pages
...is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State.' (2) ' The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. The form of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid ought all to be clear and plain to...
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President's 1961 Tax Recommendations: Hearings Before the Committee ..., Part 2

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means - Taxation - 1961 - 862 pages
...that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. (2) The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. (3) Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people...
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Federal Excise Tax Structure

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means - 1964 - 800 pages
...results of delay and complexity in tax assessments and coitions is highly pertinent today.1 He said: The tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought to be certain, and not itrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be d, ought all to be clear and...
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Fiscal Policy Issues of the Coming Decade: Statements by ..., Volume 7

United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy - Finance, Public - 1965 - 214 pages
...contribute to the support of the government as nearly as possible according to their respective abilities. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. 3. Every tax ought to be levied at the time or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient...
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The Twentieth Century, Volume 66

Nineteenth century - 1909 - 1132 pages
...that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. 3. Every tax ought to be levied at the time or in the manner in which it ia most likely to be convenient...
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Tax Treatment of Employees and Self-employed Persons by the Internal Revenue ...

United States. General Accounting Office - Income tax - 1977 - 112 pages
...Act GAO General Accounting Office IRS Internal Revenue Service SECA Self-Employment Contribution Act "The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be...
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Miscellaneous tax bills: hearing before the Subcommittee on Taxation and ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management Generally - Taxation - 1978 - 264 pages
...offset. Let me repeat, this situation is unacceptable. According to Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations, "The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be...
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Miscellaneous Tax Bills II: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Taxation and ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management Generally - Taxation - 1979 - 812 pages
...remind the Subcommittee of the often cited prophetic words of Adam Smith some two hundred years ago: "The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be...
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