print email comment close Understanding the Tax Reform Debate: Background, Criteria, and Questions URL: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d051009sp.pdf Description: This September 2005 report provides background information about the U.S. tax system and proposals for its reform, such as value-added taxes (VAT), personal consumption tax, the flat tax, and income tax system reform. Includes key questions, a bibliography, statistical charts and graphs, and a glossary. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which is "commonly called the investigative arm of Congress or the congressional watchdog, [and] is independent and nonpartisan." Publisher: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Extra Keywords General Accounting Office Library of Congress Subject Headings: Income tax -- United States Taxation -- United States LII Database Information: Record 20389 created by Jennifer English on 01/16/2006 Last modification on 01/17/2006 Published: 01/19/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20389