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tax expenditure

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income tax

  • Inflation, interest rates, and economic policy
    In income tax: Tax expenditures

    Preferential treatment can be extended to selected private activities in either of two ways: tax revenues can be collected and then spent to support the activities as part of the normal budget process, or preferential treatment of the activities can be built into…

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