A paper, published today in Fiscal Studies, asks what the implications of improved technology could be for tax collection in the future. The author, Professor Joel Slemrod of the University of Michigan, weighs up the advantages of a more personalised and possibly fairer approach to taxation against the potential risks posed to personal privacy by the collection of the necessary information.
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Joel Slemrod
University of Michigan
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