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大卫·李嘉图:政治经济学及赋税原理·摘录 218
大卫·李嘉图《政治经济学及赋税原理》· On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation · 投资
A tax on rent would affect rent only; it would fall wholly on landlords, and could not be shifted to any class of consumers. The landlord could not raise his rent, because he would leave unaltered the difference between the produce obtained from the least productive land in cultivation, and that obtained from land of every other quality. Three sorts of land, No. 1, 2, and 3, are in cultivation, and yield respectively with the same labour 180, 170, and 160 quarters of wheat; but No. 3 pays no rent, and is therefore untaxed: the rent then of No. 2 cannot be made to exceed the value of ten, nor No. 1, of twenty quarters. Such a tax could not raise the price of raw produce, because as the cultivator of No. 3 pays neither rent nor tax, he would in no way be enabled to raise the price of the commodity produced. A tax on rent would not discourage the cultivation of fresh land, for such land pays no rent, and would be untaxed. If No. 4 were taken into cultivation, and yielded 150 quarters, no tax would be paid for such land; but it would create a rent of ten quarters on No. 3, which would then commence paying the tax.
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对地租征税只会影响地租,完全由地主承担,无法转嫁给消费者。地主不能提高地租,因为地租取决于最劣等地与其它土地的产量差额,而最劣等地不交地租也不纳税,其产品价格不变,所以地租无法上涨。这种税也不会阻碍新土地的开垦,因为新开垦的劣等地不交地租,也不纳税。
上下文
李嘉图在讨论地租税归宿时,以三级土地为例说明地租税无法转嫁。
今日一问
如果对土地增值收益征税,是否真的只影响地主而不影响消费者?
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