Helpful local surtaxes? Florida and disadvantaged families.
Well-intended tax policy often produces unintended consequences. In this article, we look at one such tax policy, specialised surtaxes in the State of Florida. Surtaxes are frequently adopted to provide financial assistance to poverty-based local programmes and services. Despite the intended benefit...
| Published in: | Local Government Studies Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 170 - 194 |
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