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There are all kinds of taxes. Capital gains tax Carbon tax Consumption tax Corporate income tax Dividend tax Ecotax Excess profits tax Excise tax FairTax Gift tax Gross receipts tax Inheritance tax (Death tax, Estate tax) Land value tax Payroll tax Personal income tax Property tax Sales tax Sin tax Stamp tax Value added tax Winfall profits tax Which ones will exists and which ones won't? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotax A green tax shift would: Examples of taxes which could be lowered or eliminated by a green tax shift are: * Payroll, income, and (to a lesser extent) sales taxes. * Corporate taxes (taxes on investment and entrepreneurship). * Property taxes on buildings and other infrastructure. Examples of ecotaxes which could be implemented or increased are: * Carbon taxes on the use of fossil fuels by greenhouse gases produced. Old hydrocarbon taxes don't penalize green house gas (GHG) production. * Duties on imported goods containing significant non-ecological energy input (to a level necessary to treat fairly local manufacturers) * Severance taxes on the extraction of mineral, energy, and forestry products. * License fees for camping, hiking, fishing and hunting and associated equipment. * Specific taxes on technologies and products which are associated with substantial negative externalities. * Waste disposal taxes and refundable fees. * Taxes on effluents, pollution and other hazardous wastes. * Site value taxes on the unimproved value of land. Do you support a green tax shift? __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-541859-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
