 | 1897 - 518 strani
...minds of those who passed the Federation Act. The definition referred to is in the following terms : " A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very person who it Ls intended or desired should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1848 - 602 strani
...1. TAXES are either direct or indirect. A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect...at the expense of another ; such as the excise or customs. The producer or importer of a commodity is called upon to pay a tax on it, not with the intention... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1849 - 588 strani
...1. TAXES are either direct or indirect. A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which arc demanded from one person in the expectation and intention that he shall indemnify himself at the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1852 - 600 strani
...1. TAXES are either direct or indirect. A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect...at the expense of another : such as the excise or customs. The producer or importer of a commodity is called upon to pay a tax on it, not with the intention... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1857 - 610 strani
.... TAXES are either direct or indirect. A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect...himself at the expense of another: such as the excise or customs. The producer or importer of a commodity is called upon to pay a tax on it, not with the intention... | |
 | William B. Dana - 1864 - 502 strani
...enactments. "A direct tax is one which is demanded of the very person who it is desired or intended should pay it. " Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in expectation that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another, as excise and customs." —... | |
 | William Harris Johnston - 1865 - 478 strani
...AND INDIBBOT TAXES : HOW DISTINGUISHED. — Taxes in general may be classified as direct or indirect. A. direct tax is one which is demanded from the very...person who, it is intended or desired, should pay it — such as the Income Tax. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person, in the expectation... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1870 - 586 strani
...which are indirect? " A direct tax," says Mr. Mill, " is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect...shall indemnify himself at the expense of another." Nearly all taxes on consumption, therefore, are indirect ; for, though paid in the first instance by... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1870 - 512 strani
...which are indirect ? " A direct tax," says Mr. Mill, " is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect...shall indemnify himself at the expense of another." Nearly all .taxes on consumption, therefore, are indirect ; for, though paid in the first instance... | |
 | John Macdonell - 1871 - 482 strani
...thereby a tax on income ; M'Culloch, a tax taken directly from income or property ; Mr. Mill, a tax " demanded from the very person who it is intended or desired should pay it." To what important consequences these differences of opinion lead is manifest from the following extract... | |
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A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in the expectation and intention that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another... 
