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W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
So the question remains, what went wrong with taxes in the US?
US tax makers have been reaping what they have sown for a long time. Our honor system has been trumped by a system in [...]
W. Marc Gilfillan
W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
The island of Rhodes: a linkage to Rome and Greece. All shipped goods from the east halted for restocking or to transfer cargo at Rhodes. The harbor of Rhodes, similar to all other harbors, had a [...]
W. Marc Gilfillan
W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
The Rosetta Stone, discovered by Napoleon, was possibly the most seminal Egyptian archaeological find to date. The Stone had duplicated text in three different languages: Egyptian hieroglyphs, demotic (known as Egyptian script) and Greek. Using the [...]
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W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
Between 1868 until 1913, about ninety percent of the national government’s income was derived from taxes on alcohol and tobacco. While the Civil War was going on there was a brief income tax, but it was [...]
W. Marc Gilfillan
W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
Ancient Egypt wasn’t a place of terrible oppressors and oppressed slavery - that is only the impression we get from the tale of Exodus, which came at a time of unrest in Egypt. Modern translations of [...]
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W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
“Slavery - the one cause of the Civil War.” - John Stuart Mill, 1862
Could there be a doubt about it? Certainly the American Civil War was about slavery… wasn’t it? Well actually, one of the most [...]
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W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
Ah…. now we have an event in history obviously about abusive taxes. Was the Boston Tea Party a protest against the British tax on tea, as we were all taught? No, not at all. The colonies [...]
W. Marc Gilfillan
W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
Mithridates the Great was the leader of a tiny nation near what is currently known as Turkey. He had an extraordinary ability to arouse discontent among disgruntled taxpayers. In 88 BC he led a civil war [...]
W. Marc Gilfillan
W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
Mithridates the Great ruled a small nation near what is currently known as Turkey. He had an amazing power to rouse discontent among disgruntled taxpayers. In 88 BC he led a civil war fighting the Romans. [...]
W. Marc Gilfillan
W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
The isle of Rhodes: a gateway to Rome and Greece. All shipped goods from the east stopped for supplies or to transfer cargo at Rhodes. The port of the island, similar to all other harbors, had [...]