C. T. Sandford 
Economics of Public Finance [PDF ebook] 
An Economic Analysis of Government Expenditure and Revenue in the United Kingdom

The latest edition of this valuable book updates all previous material and incorporates much new material. It includes a consideration of the problems of and methods for controlling public spending, the relative merits of income tax and a direct expenditure tax, the changes required in the income tax unit, the petroleum revenue tax, the compliance costs of VAT and other new developments which have occurred since the second edition was published in 1978.