Foreword -- Introduction -- Distribution of Tax Burdens -- The Rich, the Poor, and the Taxes they Pay* -- Who Paid the Taxes, 1966-85?* -- Individual Income Taxation -- The Personal Income Tax* -- Comprehensive Income Tax Reform* -- Erosion of the Individual Income Tax* -- The Comprehensive Income Tax Concept* -- Tax Issues -- The Family* -- Capital Gains and Losses* -- Adjusting for Inflation* -- Consumption Expenditure Tax* -- Value-Added Tax* -- Estate Taxes* -- Implementing Tax-Based Incomes Policies* -- Financing a Federal System -- Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations* -- State-Local Finance Beyond Revenue Sharing* -- Income Maintenance -- Is a Negative Income Tax Practical?* -- The New Jersey Negative Income Tax Experiment* -- Social Security -- The Objectives of Social Security* -- Evaluation of the US Social Security System* -- Foreign Tax Systems -- Taxation in Japan* -- Taxation in Great Britain* -- Implications of International Tax Trends*