Includes index.

Chapter1. Fundamental Principles of Public Finance -- Chapter2. The Logic of Budget Process -- Chapter3. Federal Budget Structures and Institutions -- Chapter4. State and Local Budget -- Chapter5. Budget Methods and Practices -- Chapter6. Budget Classifications, Systems and Reforms -- Chapter7. Capital Budgeting, Time Value of Money. and Cost Benefit Analysis -- Chapter8. Taxation -- Chapter9. Major Tax Structures: Income Taxes -- Chapter10. Major Tax Structures: Taxes on Goods and Services -- Chapter11. Major Tax Structures: Property Taxes -- Chapter12. Revenue from User Fees, User Charges and Sale -- Chapter13. Revenue Forecast, Revenue Estimates and Tax Expenditure Budget -- Chapter14. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations -- Chapter15. Debt Administration .

Fiscal Administration, Ninth Edition, shows you how public budgets operate and gives you the opportunity to crunch the numbers. With actual data from the U.S. federal budget, including its breakdown, you can see for yourself how policymakers allocate money. Each chapter illustrates concepts and issues with case studies from the private sector as well as from public finance.