Michael Godwin

Biographic Data

ID5732600
NAMEMichael Godwin
GIVEN NAMESMichael
FAMILY NAMEGodwin
SIGNATUREGODWIN M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Bath
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX1

  • The Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit 2003-08

    Michael Godwin, Colin LawsonARTICLEJournal of Poverty and Social…2009

    This article examines the policy, administrative and compliance issues that have arisen with the UK Working Tax Credit (WTC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC). It provides a critical commentary on overpayments; underpayments; error and fraud; take-up; and employer compliance costs. From a social policy perspective, these problems have damaged the effectiveness of tax credits, and from public policy and public finance viewpoints, they have damaged the re…

  • Hidden Costs of the Welfare State

    Open AccessMichael Godwin, Colin LawsonARTICLESocial Policy and Society2009References: 1

    This paper explores the impact of the decision to make the Working Tax Credit (WTC) payable via the employer, until March 2006. A unique survey shows the unequal distribution of compliance costs across firms and industries. It also suggests that the arrangement had some unanticipated results, and may have damaged the effectiveness of the WTC. Some employers' compliance costs may have been shifted to employees. So from a social policy perspective …

  • Administrative and Compliance Costs of Taxation

    Simon James, C T Sandford et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal1990Cited by: 3

    Journal Article Administrative and Compliance Costs of Taxation Get access Administrative and Compliance Costs of Taxation. By CEDRIC SANDFORD, MICHAEL GODWIN and PETER HARDWICK. (Bath: Fiscal Publications, 1989. Pp. xiv + 293. £40.00 hardback, US $70.00 hardback. ISBN 0951515705.) Simon James Simon James University of Exeter Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 100, Issue 402, 1 Se…

  • Costs and Benefits of VAT

    Douglas Dosser, C T Sandford et al.ARTICLEEconomica1982