Taxing women / Edward J. McCaffery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCaffery, Edward J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Taxation--Law and legislation--United States.

Women.

Women--Taxation--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1999th ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Taxing Women comprises both an insightful, critical analysis of the gender biases in current tax laws and a wake-up call for all those concerned with gender justice to pay more attention to the pervasive impact of such laws. Providing real-life examples, Edward McCaffery shows how tax laws are actually written to punish married couples who file jointly. No dual-income household can afford not to read this book before filing their taxes. "Taxing Women is a must-have primer for any woman who wants to understand how our current tax system affects her family's economic condition. In plain English, McCaffery explains how the tax code stacks the deck against women and why it's in women's economic interest to lead the next great tax rebellion."-Patricia Schroeder "McCaffery is an expert on the interplay between taxes and social policy. . . . Devastating in his analysis. . . . Intriguing."-Harris Collingwood, Working Women "A wake-up call regarding the inequalities of an archaic system that actually penalizes women for working."-Publishers Weekly

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One. Getting Married, Tax Style

Part Two. Beyond Joint Filing: Getting Worse

Part Three. Theory, Practice, and Rhetoric: On (Not) Getting It

Part Four. Beyond Tax: Getting Worse, Still

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-302) and index.

ISBN:

9786611223861

9781281223869

1281223867

9780226555560

0226555569

OCLC:

476229307