Introduction

The topic Public Finance and Fiscal Policy deals with:

  • Principles and problems of taxation.
  • Characteristics of a good tax system.
  • Classification of taxes.
  • Public debt.
  • The principles of public borrowing and debt management,
    planned surpluses and deficits.
  • Debt financing versus taxation financing.
  • Taxation, expenditure, and borrowing as instruments of economic control.
  • The budget as an instrument of economic and social policy.
  • The role of public finance in development.
  • The structure of taxation and expenditure in Uganda.