History and taxation : the dialectical relationship between taxation and the political balance of power : 2021 EATLP Congress Antwerp, 3-4 June 2021 / editor Peter Essers.
Includes bibliographical references. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the European Association of Tax Law Professors held in Antwerp from 3-4 June 2021.
Summary:
In this book, the historical relationship between taxation and the political balance of power is investigated. In addition to a unique overview of historical iconic tax events, with famous examples like the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain, the Glorious Revolution, the Boston Tea Party and the French Revolution, it contains an analysis of the way in which Nazis and communists abused existing tax systems to achieve their goals in the 20th century.
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