TY - BOOK AU - Bank,Steven A. TI - From sword to shield: the transformation of the corporate income tax, 1861 to present SN - 9780199775811 (ebook) : AV - KF6464 U1 - 336.2070973 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York, Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Corporations KW - Taxation KW - United States KW - History KW - Law and legislation N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This historical account of the evolution of the corporate income tax in America explains the origins of corporate income tax. Banks shows that political, economic, and social forces transformed it from a sword against evasion of the individual income tax to a shield against government and shareholder interference UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195326192.001.0001 ER -