 The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.  An Old Man's Thoughts about Many Things - Page 348by George Long - 1872 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Europe - 1811 - 858 pages
...plain to the contributor, or to any other person ; whereas it is an established maxim of taxation, that the tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 520 pages
...which is affected by it. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of...to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contrir butor, and to every other person. Where it is otherwise, every person subject to the tax is... | |
 | 1811 - 854 pages
...people. According to the present system, the sum which each person is bound to pay is not certain, but arbitrary : the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, are none of them clear or plain to the contributor, or to any other per. son ; whereas it is an established... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 542 pages
...tax falling unequally even upon that particular fort of private revenue which is affected by it. II. The tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1811 - 860 pages
...plain to the contributor, or to any other person ; whereas it is an established maxim of taxation, that the tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 668 pages
...people. According to the present system, the sum which each person is bound to pay is not certain, but arbitrary : the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, are none of them clear or plain to the contributor, or to any other person ; whereas it is an established... | |
 | David Ricardo - Economics - 1821 - 560 pages
...support of the government, as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities. 2. " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. 3. " Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most... | |
 | 1825 - 424 pages
...that is, in proportion 'to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - Economics - 1826 - 302 pages
...his family, the other enjoins no such necessity, for his family will enjoy the income by descent. "2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought to be certain and not arbitrary." "3. Every tax ought to be levied at the time and in the manner in which it is likely... | |
 | Great Britain - 1826 - 1138 pages
...people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state. 3. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, and the quantity to be paid, ought to... | |
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