Columnist Gordon Robinson argues that the main reason Jamaican governments have got taxation wrong is because they keep on forgetting that taxes are for the public good. For many, taxes are good for nothing!
"Taxes are paid to government as a trustee of tax funds to be spent for citizens' benefit. ... Tax rates are important, but the fundamental force driving tax compliance is the age-old question, 'What's in it for me?'"
Catch up with Gordon in The Sunday Gleaner's In Focus section.
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