Annotated Bibliography

Source #1
1. "Builder's views on tax reform." Builder Sept. 1996: S54+. Student Resources in
Context. Web. 29 Sept. 2016.
2. The main purpose of this work is to show how a specific group of people want
taxes to be reformed.
3. It contains content based around surveys from a select amount of homebuilders
and what they would like our taxes to be done.
4. The works audience could be fellow homebuilders or students conducting
research on the matter of taxes and/or tax reforms.
5. The relevance of this article isnt as much of importance but helps to provide
some insight how different groups want different reforms.
6. There are no special features.
7. The bias here is only of what homebuilders want in tax reforms.
Source #2
1. "Don't hold your breath; Options for tax reform are legion - the missing ingredient
is political will." Accounting Today 1 July 2016: 1. Student Resources in Context. Web.
29 Sept. 2016.
2. The main purpose of this text is to explain how and what the Senate is trying to
accomplish in the means of tax reformations for our next President and Congress.
3. Its content explains acts they want to repeal and enact, as well as the groundwork
that has to be laid and business issues.
4. The audience this pertains to are those who are able to vote and who want to
better our economy by becoming aware of our economical situation.
5. The relevance of the information from this work is that it is current in our society
today and provides information that could help voters and the people in general get to a
better economical state.
6. This article has no special features.
7. The bias is leaning towards the idea that our country needs tax reformations.

Source #3
1. "Introduction to Tax Reform: Opposing Viewpoints." Tax Reform. Ed. Nol
Merino. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2011. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints In
Context. Web. 29 Sept. 2016.
2. The main purpose of this work is give a general background of why the United
States has federal taxes.
3. Its content relies upon direct quotes from the Constitution and explaining the
different ways the federal government used to tax.
4. The audience of this article could be students learning about why we have taxes
and get them to think of how we should change how taxes are collected.
5. This is relevant in my case as it lays a basis of where we begin to see flaws for
our tax reform.
6. As a special feature, there are direct quotes from the Constitution clearly visible
throughout the article.
7. The bias of the work is how it gives way to say that our federal tax system should
change.
Source #4
1. "Preface to 'Is the Current US Tax System Fair for Rich and Poor?'." Tax Reform.
Ed. Nol Merino. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2011. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing
Viewpoints In Context. Web. 29 Sept. 2016.
2. The main purpose of this article is to explain the three types of tax systems that
currently exist.
3. It contains content pertaining to explaining the three types of tax systems:
progressive, recessive, and proportional.
4. The possible audience could be students as well as adults who are doing research
or trying to become informed about taxes and tax reforms.
5. This work is extremely relevant to my own research paper as I am looking for
articles that will help to further my knowledge about taxes and tax reform.
6. There are no special features in this article.

7. The work is unbiased in this case as it merely acts as a way to explain the
different tax systems.
Source #5
1. Roberts, Paul Craig, and George Gilder. "The great debate; tax reform." National
Review 6 June 1986: 40+. Student Resources in Context. Web. 29 Sept. 2016.
2. The main purpose of this text is to explain what tax reform bill has been passed in
the Senate and how this could bring about real reforms if everyone was on-board.
3. It contains content based on a very forward bias but still has useful information
about the bill.
4. The audience could potentially be students or adults looking further into tax
reformation.
5. The relevance of this work in particular is to get a better understanding of what
has happened in the past that has led what has happened to our tax system today.
6. There are no special features.
7. There is a blatantly obvious bias in this work.