Taxing Energy: Oil Severance Taxation and the Economy
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Severance taxes on the extraction of oil, gas, and other natural resources have been very popular with politicians because they appear to be "invisible" in being spread among a large, diffuse taxpayer base. But do such taxes have serious negative consequences overlooked by legislators? Severance taxes-taxes levied upon the production of oil and natural gas-have long been popular with state governments. Such taxes are thought to have minimal impact upon the areas where petroleum wells are located, thecosts of such taxes can be "exported" to a large and dispersed consumer base in other states, and an oil or gas well can not be moved to another state where taxes are lower. Because of these factors, severance taxes seem like "ideal" taxes for legislators to impose. But how do severance taxes work in the real world? Are they really as "painless" as they sound? Because of the immobility of the resource being taxed, do states tend to overtax? In this provocative study, the authors...Похожие книги
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