 | 1886 - 788 стор.
...writers on the subject. The first and most important of Smith's Four Canons of Taxation is this : — " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to...proportion to their respective abilities; that is," — he goes on, watering his definition down in an unfortunate way — " in proportion to the revenue... | |
 | James Edwin Thorold Rogers - 1888 - 584 стор.
...The words in Smith's canon are as follows : " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respec- / tively enjoy under the protection of the state." And Smith goes on to compare the place of... | |
 | Luigi Cossa - 1888 - 242 стор.
...governments in it, as the maxims of justice applied to that matter. The first of these rules says that " the subjects of every State ought to contribute to...the support of the government as nearly as possible according to their respective abilities." This means, of course, that the man whose income is $5,000... | |
 | 1921 - 1138 стор.
...stated these principles as fol lows: "(1) The subjects of every state ought to contribute to wards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ... (2) The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not ar bitrary. The... | |
 | Richard Theodore Ely, John Huston Finley - 1888 - 594 стор.
...common burden. ... It is a primary principle that the subjects of a state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities ; but it will be seen before these reports are concluded, that in West Virginia almost the re174 TAXATION... | |
 | Van Buren Denslow - 1888 - 854 стор.
...rules. We shall examine them consecutively : " 1. The Biibjrcts of every state ought to contribntc to the support of the government, as nearly as possible in proportion to their rexjxctirf abilities ; that i.«, in proportion to the revenue which they rtfptctittly enjoy under... | |
 | New Jersey. State Board of Taxation - 1892 - 154 стор.
...Nations," in particular, has enumerated certain maxims, the substance of which may be stated as follows : 1. The subjects of every State ought to contribute...government as nearly as possible in proportion to the revenue -which they respectively enjoy under its protection. 2. The tax which each is to pay ought,... | |
 | Daniel Strange - 1892 - 388 стор.
...philosopher has yet dissented. J. Stuart Mill said : "They have become classic." They are as follows: I. The subjects of every state ought to contribute to...government as nearly as possible in proportion to the revenue they enjoy under its protection. II. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought... | |
 | Charles Francis Bastable - 1892 - 704 стор.
...Smith in the first of his classical maxims ; ' The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities V For the last twenty years it has been the doctrine accepted by the majority of German financiers.... | |
 | Charles Frederick Holder - 1893 - 712 стор.
...tax-gatherer. Adam Smith lays down the canon that " the subjects of eve ry State ought to contribute toward the support of the Government, as nearly as possible...respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenues which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." This canon is correct both... | |
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The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. 
