A theoretical analysis of the issues that arise at the intersection of women, tax policy and the law.
Ann Mumford is Professor of Taxation Law at King's College London.
1. Introduction; 2. What is tax policy?; 3. Tax policy in action: gender budgeting; 4. Tax policy for business, and tax policy for women: corporate social responsibility, and the possibility of common aims; 5. Tax policy theorised: from systems theory to critical tax theory; 6. Tax policy applied: taxation of the family unit; 7. Tax policy in systems revisited: families, tax law, and the interaction of institutions; 8. Putting into the system: gender, markets and tax policy; 9. Conclusion.