Ann Mumford, Cardiff University, UK

'Ann Mumford has written a complex and intriguing book that seeks to challenge many of our assumptions on the tax collection and tax revenue process.' The Law and Politics Book Review

• Contents: Introduction; Ideology and Starting point, E.R.A. Seligman; Tax collection and enforcement in the modern US; Self-assessment and historical context; Self-assessment and incomprehensible tax laws; The Ramsay principle; Systems at work; Self-assessment: aftermath, and towards a theory of tax collection law; Bibliography; Index.

Ann Mumford, Cardiff University, UK

'Ann Mumford has written a complex and intriguing book that seeks to challenge many of our assumptions on the tax collection and tax revenue process.' The Law and Politics Book Review

• Contents: Introduction; Ideology and Starting point, E.R.A. Seligman; Tax collection and enforcement in the modern US; Self-assessment and historical context; Self-assessment and incomprehensible tax laws; The Ramsay principle; Systems at work; Self-assessment: aftermath, and towards a theory of tax collection law; Bibliography; Index.

Ann Mumford, Cardiff University, UK

'Ann Mumford has written a complex and intriguing book that seeks to challenge many of our assumptions on the tax collection and tax revenue process.' The Law and Politics Book Review

• Contents: Introduction; Ideology and Starting point, E.R.A. Seligman; Tax collection and enforcement in the modern US; Self-assessment and historical context; Self-assessment and incomprehensible tax laws; The Ramsay principle; Systems at work; Self-assessment: aftermath, and towards a theory of tax collection law; Bibliography; Index.