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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
c2021
Language
English
Description
"An engaging and enlightening account of taxation told through lively, dramatic, and sometimes ludicrous stories drawn from around the world and across the ages. Governments have always struggled to tax in ways that are effective and tolerably fair. Sometimes they fail grotesquely, as when, in 1898, the British ignited a rebellion in Sierra Leone by imposing a tax on huts--and, in repressing it, ended up burning the very huts they intended to tax....
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Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Not keeping up with tax rules and strategies can lead to mistakes that cost business owners thousands of dollars in higher taxes, fine, and penalties every year. Discover how to prepare your own tax documents, understand your rights and obligations, and much more.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2018
Language
English
Description
Libertarian journalist Kristin Tate provides a look into the wild world of frivolous taxation, aimed at educating members of her own generation in the evils of big government.
In How Do I Tax Thee?, libertarian commentator and rising media star Kristin Tate takes us on a tour of the ways the government bleeds us dry in innumerable daily transactions and at various stages of life.
We all know the government taxes our pay: federal, state, and local...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In Tax the Rich! Morris Pearl, the millionaire chair of the Patriotic Millionaires, and Erica Payne, the organization's founder, take readers on an insider's tour of the nation's tax code and show how the rich (and the politicians they control) structured the tax code to make themselves even richer. They explain how to un-rig the economy through the tax code to reverse America's ever-growing and dangerously destabilizing concentration of wealth and...
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Series
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"If you want to understand your finances, you need to understand your taxes. Learn everything you need to know about the US tax system and become more financially independent with Taxes 101. As people become more motivated to be as financially literate as possible, understanding every part of their financial wellness is key. With Taxes 101, you will learn the basics of the US tax system, from the system structure and kinds of taxes to all the tax...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Most contemporary Americans know little about how their tax system works. But with heated debates over taxation now roiling Congress and the nation, an understanding of our tax system is of vital importance. In this book the authors, both tax scholars, offer explanations of how our tax system works, how it affects people and businesses, and how it might be improved. Organized in a question-and-answer format, the book describes the intricacies of the...
10) Taxes in America
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Arguments about taxation are among the most heated- no other topic is as influential to the role of government and the distribution of costs and benefits in America. But while understanding of our tax system is of vital importance, the complexity can create confusion. Two of America's leading authorities on taxes, Leonard E. Burman and Joel Slemrod, bring clarity in this concise explanation of how our tax system works, how it affects people and businesses,...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This authoritative and readable survey is a comprehensive historical overview of federal taxation and fiscal policy in the United States, extending from the era of the American Revolution to the present day. Brownlee relates the principal stages of federal taxation to the crises that led to their adoption, including but not limited to: the formation of the republic, the Civil War, World War I and II, and the challenges to government that took hold...
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Discover how to increase your deductions, reduce what you owe, boost your profits, and build a dynasty
As if doing your business taxes weren't complicated enough, you now have the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to contend with. While this major overhaul throws a monkey wrench into the works, it provides unprecedented opportunities to keep even more of what you earn-if you're up to speed on what the new law means and how to navigate it.
Small Business Taxes...
Author
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, once declared, Taxes are what we pay for civilized society. The Internal Revenue Service includes the statement on a web page of inspirational and entertaining quotes on taxes, a subject about which many teens lack practical knowledge. This engaging volume explains the many types of taxes, some of which young adults may already pay, and describes how taxes fund essential local, state, and...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The U.S. tax code is a total write-off. Crammed with loopholes and special interest provisions, it works for no one except tax lawyers, accountants, and huge corporations. Not for the first time, we have reached a breaking point -- in fact, we reach one every thirty-two years. T.R. Reid crisscrosses the globe in search of exact solutions to the urgent tax problems of the United States. With an uncanny knack for making a complex subject not just accessible...
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