 A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in the expectation and intention that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another:...  The Science of Finance - Page 528de Gustav Cohn - 1895 - 800 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1897 - 518 pages
...minds of those who passed the Federation Act. The definition referred to is in the following terms : " A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very person who it Ls intended or desired should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1848 - 602 pages
...1. TAXES are either direct or indirect. A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect...shall indemnify himself at the expense of another ; such as the excise or customs. The producer or importer of a commodity is called upon to pay a tax... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1849 - 588 pages
...1. TAXES are either direct or indirect. A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which arc demanded from one person in the expectation and intention that he shall indemnify himself at the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1852 - 600 pages
...1. TAXES are either direct or indirect. A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect...shall indemnify himself at the expense of another : such as the excise or customs. The producer or importer of a commodity is called upon to pay a tax... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1857 - 610 pages
.... TAXES are either direct or indirect. A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect...shall indemnify himself at the expense of another: such as the excise or customs. The producer or importer of a commodity is called upon to pay a tax... | |
 | William B. Dana - 1864 - 502 pages
...enactments. "A direct tax is one which is demanded of the very person who it is desired or intended should pay it. " Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in expectation that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another, as excise and customs." —... | |
 | William Harris Johnston - 1865 - 478 pages
...AND INDIBBOT TAXES : HOW DISTINGUISHED. — Taxes in general may be classified as direct or indirect. A. direct tax is one which is demanded from the very...person who, it is intended or desired, should pay it — such as the Income Tax. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person, in the expectation... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1870 - 586 pages
...which are indirect? " A direct tax," says Mr. Mill, " is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect...shall indemnify himself at the expense of another." Nearly all taxes on consumption, therefore, are indirect ; for, though paid in the first instance by... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1870 - 512 pages
...which are indirect ? " A direct tax," says Mr. Mill, " is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect...shall indemnify himself at the expense of another." Nearly all .taxes on consumption, therefore, are indirect ; for, though paid in the first instance... | |
 | John Macdonell - 1871 - 482 pages
...thereby a tax on income ; M'Culloch, a tax taken directly from income or property ; Mr. Mill, a tax " demanded from the very person who it is intended or desired should pay it." To what important consequences these differences of opinion lead is manifest from the following extract... | |
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