Tax Law

Order Description
A. Research Topic

Prime Minister Harper promises to bring back the Home Renovation Tax Credit if his Conservatives are reelected. In 500 words please evaluate whether the move is a sensible policy in light of the purpose, costs and benefits as well as the effects of the tax expenditure, especially in light of its distributional outcomes.

B. Structural Requirements

Given the 500-word limit, please avoid using direct quotes. If you simply string content or direct quotes you grab from sources together, you will receive 0 of 20.

Please note that the 500-word limit (excluding in-text citations and bibliography as explained below) is the ceiling so please do not exceed the upper limit, and please do not ask whether you can exceed the limit. If your submission exceeds the 500-word limit, you will receive a failing
grade.

Please write in paragraphs, and please leave blank space between paragraphs. If you do not write in paragraphs, you will receive a failing grade. The first sentence of each paragraph is the topic
sentence that presents what you want to say in that paragraph. The rest of the paragraph presents and/or supports what you want to say.

C. Source Requirements

The research for this assignment will be a challenge for you. You all know how to Google, but finding the latest relevant and informative sources in tax and public policy is the key here. You must use sources and evidence to support your every claim. When in doubt, cite the source. If you do not
support all of your claims adequately, you will receive a failing grade.

As the word limit is 500 words, please carefully select the latest relevant and informative sources to use in your submission. Ideas, rather than geography, are important here so the country of origin of the source is not the issue here.

You are required to use at least five of the latest relevant and informative sources – one of which must be a relevant and informative peer-reviewed scholarly journal article – but you can use as many as you like. However, you cannot only use news publications as our sources. If you cite only news publications as your sources, you will only receive a maximum of 2 of 20.

Please do not cite textbooks and books. Please only use sources that
can be accessed online. If you do not cite at least five relevant and informative sources, you will only receive a maximum of 2 of 20.

If you do not cite at least one appropriate peer-reviewed scholarly journal article directly related to the subject matter of the research project, you will only receive a maximum of 2 of 20. Please note that a paper published in a research paper series or by a think tank is not qualified as a peer-reviewed scholarly journal article for the purpose of the research project.

Please write the 500 words or less in APA style. To fulfill this requirement, you will only need to provide APA-styled in-text citations and the bibliography at the end of your submission. Please do not use footnotes. No cover sheet is needed. The 500 words exclude in-text citations and the
bibliography at the end.

When you mention an idea from a source in a sentence you would need to provide in-text citation to the source at the end of that sentence. If you do not provide proper in-text citations for all content used in your submission, you will only receive a maximum of 2 of 20. If you simply list the sources in the bibliography without citing them in text, you will only receive a maximum of 2 of 20. If you use content from others without proper citation, you will be charged with plagiarism. If you are not sure what plagiarism is, please take a look at http://www.yorku.ca/academicintegrity/students/index.htm.