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Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 53 No. 1 1938

Incidence of Federal Social Security Pay Roll Taxes

James K. Hall

University of Washington

Abstract

I. Introduction, 38.— II. Three conflicting views concerning the incidence of employer excise and employee income taxes, 40.— III. The view that the incidence of pay roll taxes is on profits, 43.— IV. The view that the incidence of pay roll taxes is on the consumers of goods and services of the taxed industries, 53.— V. The view that the incidence of pay roll taxes is on wage rates, 57.— VI. Conclusions: pay roll taxes fall principally on wages in the long run, but a minor part will fall on profits. Interest will not be significantly affected, 61.

DOI
10.2307/1884106
Volume
53
Issue
1
Pages
38
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