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Nicholas Kaldor

1908–1986

Also known as: Kaldor

How Nicholas Kaldor is discussed in this archive

Referenced in 4 other works — including NEW COMPANY TAX SCHEME HITS SHAREHOLDERS , Black Money and Special Bearer Bonds Scheme , and Economic Growth Requires Reform of Tax Structure .

In Black Money and Special Bearer Bonds Scheme : Pendse cites Nicholas Kaldor's 1956 Indian Tax Reform report as authoritative backing for the claim that low government salaries are a root cause of black money and corruption.

In Economic Growth Requires Reform of Tax Structure : Taraporevala singles out the expenditure tax, introduced on Kaldor's advice, as a clear fiscal failure that produced trivial revenue while generating disproportionate administrative costs, using it as a prime exhibit in his critique of the Second Plan's tax experiments.

In NEW COMPANY TAX SCHEME HITS SHAREHOLDERS : Taraporevala invokes Kaldor as one of the authorities (alongside the Indian Taxation Enquiry Commission, the British Royal Commission, and NCAER) who have condemned the bonus issue tax in principle — enlisting Kaldor's authority for the most pointed reform recommendation in the booklet.

In An Economic Review — 1957 : Shroff attacks the Wealth Tax and Expenditure Tax as 'Prof.

Mentioned in (7)

Primary works (7)

  • Black Money and Special Bearer Bonds Scheme · 1981
    • "low salaries of government servants, citing Nicholas Kaldor's 1956 Indian Tax Reform report" — Pendse's seven-point catalogue of black-money causes; Kaldor's report is invoked as the expert source on the salary-corruption link
  • Economic Growth Requires Reform of Tax Structure · 1962
    • "an expenditure tax introduced on Nicholas Kaldor's advice that has produced trivial revenue (Rs. 9 lakhs in its first year, an estimated Rs. 90 lakhs for 1961-62) while generating disproportionate administrative cost" — Taraporevala's critique of the expenditure tax as a failed Kaldor-inspired experiment
  • NEW COMPANY TAX SCHEME HITS SHAREHOLDERS · 1960
    • "citing Nicholas Kaldor, the Indian Taxation Enquiry Commission, the British Royal Commission on the Taxation of Profits and Income, and the NCAER as authorities who have condemned the levy in principle" — Kaldor enlisted as the lead-named authority against the bonus issue tax
    • "contrary to the recommendations of Kaldor, the Indian Taxation Enquiry Commission and the Royal Commission on the Taxation of Profits and Income of Britain." — key-point restatement of Kaldor's role as the principal-named opponent of the bonus issue tax
  • Price Policy in Nationalised Industry and Trade · 1960
  • A Drastic Budget · 1959
  • Recent Changes in the Tax Structure · 1958
  • An Economic Review — 1957 · 1957
    • "he attacks the Wealth Tax and Expenditure Tax — what he calls Prof. Kaldor's "test-tube babies" — as a Pandora's Box that has frightened domestic investors, killed the new-issue market" — taxation section; Kaldor is named as the intellectual architect of the tax measures Shroff most opposes