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Intro -- Back Cover -- Description -- Author Bio -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: The Basics -- Chapter 1: A Brief History of Federal Income Taxation -- Chapter 2: How a Tax Bill is Made -- Chapter 3: The Definition of Income -- Chapter 4: How to Understand Tax Rates -- Chapter 5: The Relationship Between Tax Rates and Tax Revenues -- Chapter 6: How Taxes Affect Economic Growth -- Chapter 7: The Question of Progressivity -- Chapter 8: Taxes and the Business Cycle -- Chapter 9: How Other Countries Tax Themselves -- Part II: Some Problems -- Chapter 10: Spending Through the Tax Code -- Chapter 11: Taxes and the Health System -- Chapter 12: Tax Preferences for Housing -- Chapter 13: How Federal Taxes Affect the States -- Chapter 14: The Problem of Charitable Contributions -- Chapter 15: The Problem of Taxing Capital Gains -- Chapter 16: Some Unresolved Issues in the Taxation of Corporations -- Chapter 17: The Problem of Tax Administration -- Part III: The Future -- Chapter 18: The History of Tax Reform -- Chapter 19: The Pros and Cons of Popular Tax Reform Proposals -- Chapter 20: The Need for More Revenue -- Chapter 21: The Case for a Value-Added Tax -- Chapter 22: The Case Against a Value-Added Tax -- Chapter 23: What Should Be Done About the Bush Tax Cuts? -- Chapter 24: If Tax Reform Happens, it will be Because Grover Norquist Permits it -- Conclusion -- Additional Readings -- Appendixes -- Appendix I: Federal Revenues and Outlays as a Share of GDP -- Appendix II: Lowest and Highest Federal Income Tax Rates -- Appendix III: The Personal Exemption -- Appendix IV: Average and Marginal Federal Income Tax Rates -- Appendix V: Capital Gains and Taxes Paid on Capital Gains -- Index -- About the Author.