 | Robert John Thornton - Economics - 1799 - 852 pages
...individual is bound to pay aught n8 to be certain. — The time of payment, the manner of pay-r rnent, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other pcrfon. — "Where it isotherwije, every perfon fulijcft to the tax is put more or lefs in the power... | |
 | Europe - 1811 - 858 pages
...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...clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other perlon. Now, if the parishioner shall be able to make a contract with his clergyman for his tithes... | |
 | 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...clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other perfon. Where it is otherwife, every perfon fubject to the tax is put more or lefs in the power of... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 520 pages
...particular tax falling unequally upon that particular sort of private revenue which is affected by it. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay,...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1811 - 860 pages
...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...plain to the contributor, and to every other person. Now, if the parishioner shall be able to make a contract with his clergyman for his tithes for a certain... | |
 | 1811 - 854 pages
...taxation, that the tax which each individual is bound to pay ought tfc be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity...plain to the contributor, and to every other person. Now, if the parishioner shall be able to make a contract with his clergyman for his tithes for a certain... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 532 pages
...bound to pay, ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, thq quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other perfon. Where it is otherwife, every perfon fubject to the tax is put more or lefs in the power of... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 668 pages
...taxation, that the tax which each individual is bouiid to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity...and to every other person " Where it is otherwise, (Dr. Smith very truly observes,) every person subject to the tax is put more or less in the power of... | |
 | 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...be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every person. 3. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to... | |
 | John Wade - Church and state - 1832 - 730 pages
...this maxim consists what is called the equality or inequality of taxation. IV. The tax which every individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and...plain to the contributor and to every other person. When it is otherwise, the tax-payer is put more or less in the power of the tax gatherer, who can either... | |
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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. 
