Ancient Taxation

Author : Jonathan Valk,Irene Soto Marín
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781479806195

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Ancient Taxation by Jonathan Valk,Irene Soto Marín Pdf

"The studies collected in Ancient Taxation explore the extractive systems of eleven ancient states and societies from across the ancient world, ranging from Bronze Age China to Anglo-Saxon Britain. Together, the contributors explore the challenges of taxation in predominantly agro-pastoral societies, including basic tax strategy (taxing goods vs. labor, in kind vs. money taxes, direct vs. indirect, internal vs. external, etc.), assessment and collection (particularly over wide geographic areas or at large scale, e.g., by tax farming), compliance, and negotiating the cooperation of social, economic, and political elites or other critical social groups. By assembling such a broad range of studies, the book sheds new light on the commonalities and differences between ancient taxation systems, highlighting how studying taxes can shed light on the fiscal and institutional practices of antiquity. It also provides new impetus for comparative research, both between ancient societies and between ancient and modern extractive practices. This book will be of interest to those studying ancient history, economic history, the history of taxation, or comparative politics and economics"--

Author : Thomas R. Blanton IV,Agnes Choi,Jinyu Liu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000598438

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Taxation, Economy, and Revolt in Ancient Rome, Galilee, and Egypt by Thomas R. Blanton IV,Agnes Choi,Jinyu Liu Pdf

This volume introduces new perspectives on taxation policies in the Roman Empire, the Galilee, and Egypt, with unique insights into the economic effects of imperial pacification on local and regional microlevel economies in the Galilee both before and after the First Jewish Revolt against Rome. Through examining tax documents and other ancient texts in detail, this book offers innovative perspectives on the mechanisms, ideological justifications, and politically hierarchizing functions of taxation and tribute, particularly in the Roman Empire. Moreover, leading archaeologists present important information about the economic effects of the First Jewish Revolt on local economies in the Galilee, based on findings from recent archaeological excavations. Taxation, Economy, and Revolt in Ancient Rome, Galilee, and Egypt is of interest to students and scholars in Classical, Biblical, and Jewish Studies, as well as economic history and Mediterranean archaeology.

Author : Samuel Blankson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781905789023

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A Brief History of Taxation by Samuel Blankson Pdf

This concise book on the development of the U.S. tax system traces taxation from the Ancient Egyptians through the Chinese, Indian, Ancient Greeks, Romans, Incas, Britons, United Kingdom, and the U.S. A quick overview of laws and the reasons behind their enactment is included.

Author : Kunwar Deo Prasad
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8170990068

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Taxation in Ancient India by Kunwar Deo Prasad Pdf

This Book Attempts To Deal With All The Important Aspects Of Taxation From The Earliest Times In India Upto The Gupta Period. Besides, It Aims To Present A Comparative Study Of The Priciples And Tenets Of Ancient Indian Tax System And The Modern Fiscal Developments.

Author : Kristin Kleber
Publisher : Harrassowitz
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3447115971

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Taxation in the Achaemenid Empire by Kristin Kleber Pdf

Achaemenid Studies fall between the academic divisions of Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Archeology, Ancient History, Classical Philology, Egyptology and Semitic Languages. No single scholar can cover the many cultures that were united under the umbrella of this huge empire alone and in-depth. Interdisciplinary approaches are a necessity in order to tackle the challenges that the diverse textual records in Akkadian, Demotic Egyptian, Elamite, Aramaic and Greek present us with. This volume, the proceedings of a conference on taxation and fiscal administration in the Achaemenid Empire held in Amsterdam in 2018, contains contributions on Babylonia, Egypt, the Levant, Asia Minor and Arachosia, written by specialists in the respective languages and cultures. The question that lies at the basis of this volume is how the empire collected revenue from the satrapies, whether and how local institutions were harnessed to make imperial rule successful. The contributions investigate what kind of taxes were imposed in what area and how tax collection was organized and administered. Since we lack imperial state archives, local records are the more important, as they are our only reliable source that allows us to move beyond the famous but unverifiable statement on Achaemenid state finances in Herodotus, Histories 3, 89-97.

Author : Jonathan Valk,Irene Soto Marín
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781479806218

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Ancient Taxation by Jonathan Valk,Irene Soto Marín Pdf

A collection of studies that explores the extractive systems of eleven ancient states and societies from across the ancient world Ancient Taxation is a collection of studies that explores the extractive systems of eleven ancient states and societies from across the ancient world, ranging from Bronze Age China to Anglo-Saxon Britain. The contributors discuss the inherent challenges of taxation in predominantly agro-pastoral societies, including basic tax strategy (e.g., taxing goods vs. labor, in-kind vs. money taxes, etc.); the mechanics of assessment and collection; and the politics of negotiating the cooperation of social, economic, and political élites and other important social groups. In assembling a broad range of studies, this book sheds new light on the commonalities and differences between ancient taxation systems, and so on the broader fiscal and institutional practices of antiquity. It also provides new impetus for further comparative research into extractive practices across ancient societies and between antiquity and recent historical periods. The book will be of interest to those studying ancient social and economic history, the history of social organization, and the history of ancient Greece and Rome, Egypt, the Ancient Near East, or ancient China.

Author : James Coffield
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1970-01-01
Category : Taxation
ISBN : 0582104114

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A Popular History of Taxation by James Coffield Pdf

Deals with historical and economic aspects of taxation.

Author : Carl Hampus Lyttkens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135132880

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Economic Analysis of Institutional Change in Ancient Greece by Carl Hampus Lyttkens Pdf

This book presents an economic analysis of the causes and consequences of institutional change in ancient Athens. Focusing on the period 800-300 BCE, it looks in particular at the development of political institutions and taxation, including a new look at the activities of individuals like Solon, Kleisthenes and Perikles and on the changes in political rules and taxation after the Peloponnesian War.

Author : Charles Adams
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Taxation
ISBN : 9780819186317

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For Good and Evil by Charles Adams Pdf

Records the impact of taxation on events in world history, from ancient Egypt to the present, and concludes that taxation has been a force that has shaped world history and has had a direct bearing on the civilization process.

Author : Sara E. Orel
Publisher : Lewiston, N.Y. ; Queenston, Ont. : E. Mellen Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015025203046

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Death and Taxes in the Ancient Near East by Sara E. Orel Pdf

An understanding of the treatment of the dead enables us to reconstruct the relationship of an individual to other individuals. Taxation helps define one's relationship with the political structure of society. These articles originated in a faculty/graduate student symposium organized by the Graduate Students Association of the Dept. of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto (March 1991).

Author : David Ricardo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1821
Category : Economics
ISBN : OXFORD:300151240

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On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation by David Ricardo Pdf

Author : Sanjeev Kumar
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781443894333

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Taxation and Revenue Collection in Ancient India by Sanjeev Kumar Pdf

This is the first book to study taxation and revenue collection through a detailed analysis of public finance and financial administration in four major Indian texts, namely Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Shukranitisar and Arthashastra, as philosophers trained in the Indian classic tradition and scholars working on ancient Indian wisdom mostly prefer a more abstract approach. India has a long tradition of at least two millennia of active philosophizing in the fields of logic, ethics, epistemology and metaphysics, though many in the West feel hesitant in according it the title “philosophy” in their sense of the word. Furthermore, few in India have taken it beyond philosophy towards active knowledge. This book re-visits and re-interprets the contexts of these texts with logic and objectivity to bring the pearls of knowledge found within into the present day, showing that Sanskrit is still the lingua franca of intellectual dialogue in India.

Author : Marty E. Stevens
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801047770

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Temples, Tithes, and Taxes by Marty E. Stevens Pdf

In this study of the economic functions of the Jerusalem temple, Marty Stevens demonstrates that the temple acted as the central bank, internal revenue collector, source of loans, and even debt collector for ancient Israel. Applying a broad knowledge of temple systems throughout the ancient Near East, Stevens sheds light on the roles played by various officials mentioned in Scripture and their tasks within the temple complex. Neither "Big Brother" nor "big business," the temple still served government and commerce in the course of conducting its religious functions.

Author : Parthasarathi Shome
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030682149

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Taxation History, Theory, Law and Administration by Parthasarathi Shome Pdf

Tax practitioners are unfamiliar with tax theory. Tax economists remain unfamiliar with tax law and tax administration. Most textbooks relate mainly to the US, UK or European experiences. Students in emerging economies remain unfamiliar with their own taxation history. This textbook fills those gaps. It covers the concept of taxes in regards to their rationale, principles, design, and common errors. It addresses distortions in consumer choices and production decisions caused by tax and redressals. The main principles of taxation—efficiency, equity, stabilization, revenue productivity, administrative feasibility, international neutrality—are presented and discussed. The efficiency principle requires the minimisation of distortions in the market caused by tax. Equity in taxation is another principle that is maintained through progressivity in the tax structure. Similarly, other principles have their own ramifications that are also addressed. A country’s constitutional specification of tax assignment to different levels of government—central, state, municipal—are elaborated. The UK is more centralised than the US and India. India has amended its constitution to introduce a goods and services tax (GST) covering both central and state governments. Drafting of tax law is crucial for clarity and this aspect is addressed. Furthermore, the author illustrates different types of taxes such as individual income tax, corporate income tax, wealth tax, retail sales/value added/goods and services tax, selective excises, property tax, minimum taxes such as the minimum alternate tax (MAT), cash-flow tax, financial transactions tax, fringe benefits tax, customs duties and export taxes, environment tax and global carbon tax, and user charges. An emerging concern regarding the inadequacy of international taxation of multinational corporations is covered in some detail. Structural aspects of tax administration are given particular attention.

Author : Csaba Szilovics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8419187429

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On the Origins of Taxation by Csaba Szilovics Pdf

In his new book, the professor of the University of Pécs, Faculty of Law has examined the ancient roots of taxation dated back before the establishment and emergence of writing. He is the first, who defined the social development of taxation and some tax types from the very beginning. The author recognised that the tax systems in irrigated and dryland cultures emerged and evolved in two different paths. He also underlined that taxation is not the same old as the early states, on the contrary, the first civilisations need the help of taxation in order to start their emergence. The author analysed his field of research by using the findings of history, archaeology, sociology and law. The work would be an interesting and useful reading not only for researchers in the field of financial law, but also for those, who are interested in the development of society and history. The monograph deserves special attention, because its niche content and furthermore also for its tight and clear style, logical structure and historical approach. The book could not only become a basic component of any high standard library, but would also change our thoughts about social science.