SOC313H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bracketing, Robert D. Putnam, Social Capital
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The size of the tax gap in canada (feb 2016) conference board. The difference between what a gov should collect in tax revenues compared to the amount it actually brings in is not well known. Applying estimates from other countries componnents of the tax gap include: Evasion: deliberately ignoring a specific part of a law to evade taxes. Actions that could help reduce the tax gap include more sophisticated evaluation and auditing, regular consultations with other tax administration authorities, learning from best practices worldwide, and increased use of data analytics. Furthermore, measures to simplify canada(cid:495)s tax code and smooth tax administration would reduce the complexity od the tax system thereby reducing filing errors and increasing the revenue collected by governments. The state: what it is and how it controls us. Max weber was the first sociologist to analyze the workings of political authority and the state.
