Download or read book Federal User Fees written by Noah R. Myers and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal government will need to make the most of its resources to meet the emerging challenges of the 21st century. As new priorities emerge, policymakers have demonstrated interest in user fees as a means of financing new and existing services. User fees can be designed to reduce the burden on taxpayers to finance the portions of activities that provide benefits to identifiable users above and beyond what is normally provided to the public. By charging the costs of those programs or activities to beneficiaries, user fees can also promote economic efficiency and equity. However, to achieve these goals, user fees must be well designed. This book examines how the four key design and implementation characteristics of user fees -- how fees are set, collected, used, and reviewed -- may affect the economic efficiency, equity, revenue adequacy, and administrative burden of cost-based fees.
Download or read book Federal User Fees written by Susan J. Irving and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fed. gov¿t policymakers are interested in user fees as a means of financing new and existing services. User fees can be designed to reduce the burden on taxpayers to finance the portions of activities that provide benefits to identifiable users above and beyond what is normally provided to the public. User fees can promote economic efficiency and equity. However user fees must be well designed. This report studies how user fee design characteristics may influence the effectiveness of user fees. The author examined how the 4 key design and implementation characteristics of user fees -- how fees are set, collected, used, and reviewed -- may affect the economic efficiency, equity, revenue adequacy, and administrative burden of cost-based fees.
Download or read book Federal User Fees written by Michelle Sager and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regulatory user fees are assessed on certain nonfederal entities subject to regulation in conjunction with regulatory activities. They represent a significant source of federal government revenue -- some individual regulatory user fees exceed $1 billion in annual collections -- and often support government agencies' regulatory missions. Well-designed regulatory user fees can help fund regulatory programs while reducing taxpayer burden. This report builds on prior user fee work by assessing what additional design and implementation characteristics exist specifically for regulatory user fees in terms of how these fees are: (1) set, (2) collected, (3 (used), and (4) reviewed. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Federal User Fees written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regulatory user fees are assessed on certain nonfederal entities subject to regulation in conjunction with regulatory activities. They represent a significant source of federal government revenue-some individual regulatory user fees exceed $1 billion in annual collections-and often support agencies' regulatory missions. Well-designed regulatory user fees can help fund regulatory programs while reducing taxpayer burden. GAO built on its prior user fee work by assessing what additional design and implementation characteristics exist specifically for regulatory user fees in terms of how these fees are: (1) set, (2) collected, (3) used, and (4) reviewed. To do so, GAO reviewed relevant literature and analyzed 10 regulatory user fees within 6 agencies-Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Securities and Exchange Commission. GAO selected these agencies based on their high amounts of fee collections and rulemaking activity and diverse fee characteristics. GAO also examined stakeholder views on these selected fees and held a multi-agency panel discussion to ensure the broad applicability of the findings.
Download or read book The Growth of Federal User Charges written by Pearl Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal User Fees written by Administrative Conference of the United States. Office of the Chairman and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Growth of Federal User Charges written by United States. Congressional Budget Office and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: User charges have for some time, and especially in recent years, played an important role in financing federal programs. In 1991, user charges -- such as passport fees, national park entrance fees, and gasoline excise taxes -- amounted to nearly $120 billion and were the sole source of financing for some programs. This study documents the growth of user charges since 1980 and analyzes the economic and legal issues they have raised over the years as well as the more recent effects of changes in law and budget processes. Also assesses the potential for the growth of user charges. Charts, tables and drawings.
Download or read book Federal User Fees written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's port infrastructure is vital to U.S. foreign trade and a bulwark for national security. One way the federal government funds port-related programs is to levy user fees. GAO was asked to examine (1) what is known about the way selected fees assessed on air and sea port users are set, collected, used, and reviewed and (2) the effects of these attributes on program operations. GAO examined the Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF), the Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF), and the Customs, Immigration, and Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI) user fees assessed on air and cruise passengers and commercial vessels using criteria that have often been used to assess user fees and taxes-equity, efficiency, revenue adequacy, and administrative burden. GAO suggests Congress review the link between the HMF fee and expenditures, and establish an HMF stakeholder advisory body. GAO is making eight recommendations to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Agriculture, and the Army to better align the fees with the activities they support, and to improve collections, oversight, and reporting. All three agencies generally agreed with our findings
Download or read book Federal User Fees written by Susan J. irving and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2012, the President's Budget reported nearly $300 billion collected in user fees from the public. Given the nation's fiscal condition it is critical that every funding source and spending decision be carefully considered and applied to its best use. This report reviewed oversight opportunities for fees. It examined (1) key Congressional design decisions and related implications for achieving the desired balance between agency flexibility and congressional control; (2) issues related to identifying and managing unobligated balances in selected fee-funded agencies; and (3) key questions to identify potential sources of fee revenue instability and to manage any consequences. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Federal User Fees written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Download or read book Federal User Fees written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal User Fees written by Government Accountability Government Accountability Office and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In general, a user fee is related to some voluntary transaction or request for government goods or services, above and beyond what is normally available to the public (such as a national park entrance fee or a license to operate a radio station). We have previously reported on the characteristics (equity, efficiency, revenue adequacy, and administrative burden) that can influence the effectiveness of user fees to fund activities that provide benefits to identifiable users.
Download or read book Federal user fees written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal User Fees written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " In 2012, the President's Budget reported nearly $300 billion collected in user fees from the public. Given the nation's fiscal condition it is critical that every funding source and spending decision be carefully considered and applied to its best use. GAO was asked to review oversight opportunities for fees. GAO examined (1) key Congressional design decisions and related implications for achieving the desired balance between agency flexibility and congressional control, (2) issues related to identifying and managing unobligated balances in selected fee-funded agencies, and (3) key questions to identify potential sources of fee revenue instability and to manage any consequences. To do so, GAO analyzed laws, agency documents and guidance, literature, and prior GAO work. In addition, GAO interviewed officials at three fully feefunded agencies, which were selected to illustrate implications of key design options, unobligated fee balances, and approaches for managing revenue instability. GAO also validated certain findings with budget subject matter specialists. "
Download or read book Federal user fees budgetary treatment status and emerging management issues report to the Chairman Committee on the Budget House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal User Fees written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal user fees : a design guide : report to Congressional requesters
Download or read book Highway User Fees Updated Data Needed to Determine Whether All Users Pay Their Fair Share written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
