 The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.  The Science of Public Finance - Page 124by George Findlay Shirras - 1924 - 677 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert John Thornton - Economics - 1799 - 852 pages
...individual is bound to pay aught n8 to be certain. — The time of payment, the manner of pay-r rnent, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other pcrfon. — "Where it isotherwije, every perfon fulijcft to the tax is put more or lefs in the power... | |
 | Europe - 1811 - 858 pages
...individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to...clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other perlon. Now, if the parishioner shall be able to make a contract with his clergyman for his tithes... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1811 - 860 pages
...individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to...plain to the contributor, and to every other person. Now, if the parishioner shall be able to make a contract with his clergyman for his tithes for a certain... | |
 | 1811 - 854 pages
...individual is bound to pay ought tfc be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to...plain to the contributor, and to every other person. Now, if the parishioner shall be able to make a contract with his clergyman for his tithes for a certain... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 532 pages
...bound to pay, ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, thq quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other perfon. Where it is otherwife, every perfon fubject to the tax is put more or lefs in the power of... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 520 pages
...individual is bound to pay, ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contrir butor, and to every other person. Where it is otherwise, every person subject to the tax is... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 668 pages
...individual is bouiid to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to...and to every other person " Where it is otherwise, (Dr. Smith very truly observes,) every person subject to the tax is put more or less in the power of... | |
 | 1825 - 424 pages
...individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to...be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every person. 3. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to... | |
 | Great Britain - 1826 - 1138 pages
...certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, and the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every...or less in the power of the tax-gatherer, who can aggravate the tax on every obnoxious contributor, or extort, by the terror of such aggravation, some... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1827 - 542 pages
...certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, and the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every...or less in the power of the tax-gatherer, who can aggravate the tax on every obnoxious contributor, or extort, by the terror of such aggravation, some... | |
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