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Donate to Help Haiti Today - Receive Immediate Deduction on 2009 Tax Return

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A few days ago in a email news item I made the distinction that the Haiti disaster is now a qualified disaster according to the IRS (http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=218615,00.html).
And I mentioned in that email, there are rumors that said people are able to make a deduction for donations to Haiti on this year’s (2009) [...]

Give to Relief in Haiti - Get Instantaneous Tax Deduction on 2009 Tax Return

Raleigh NC Tax Preparation

In a recent email news post I made the distinction that the Haiti disaster is currently a qualified disaster says the IRS (http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=218615,00.html).
I said in the email that there are rumors that said people would be able to make a deduction for contributions to Haiti on this year’s (2009) tax return - [...]

A Short Timeline of Tax Practices of the United States, Chapter 3

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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 happened with taxes in the United States?
US tax makers have been collecting what they have been sowing for a long time. The honor system has been trumped by a system in [...]

A Brief Timeline of Taxation of the USA, Section 2

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W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
1861 - After Lincoln was elected, the South walks out on Congress and form the Confederate States of America with a rewritten constitution to keep the newly formed country’s power to tax in check.
1862 - The [...]

A Short Timeline of Tax Practices of the US, Part 1

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W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
Between 1868 to 1913, about ninety percent of the federal government’s revenue was derived from tax on alcohol and tobacco. While the Civil War was going on the government instituted a short income tax, but it [...]

The Lesson in Taxation Practices, Part 9: Tax Law, the Slavery Issue, and the American Civil War

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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
Can there be any doubt concerning it? Of course the American Civil War was about slavery… was it not? Well actually, one [...]

The Lesson in Tax Law, Chapter 8: Tax and The Boston Tea Party

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W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
Ah…. finally an event in history clearly about oppressive taxation. Was the Boston Tea Party a protest against the British tax on tea, as we were all taught? No, not one bit. The colonies had [...]

A History of Taxation Practices, Chapter Seven: Tax Law and The Revolution

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W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
No modern revolution that was more solidly based in taxation. Taxation not only caused it, but assisted in providing unity for the unorganized and squabbling colonies. However, probably not precisely the way you might imagine. If [...]

A Brief Timeline of Tax Practices of the US, Part Two

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W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…
1861 - After Lincoln was elected, southerners walk out on Congress and create the Confederate States of America with a rewritten constitution to sustain the newly formed government right to tax in check.
1862 - The first [...]

A Short Timeline of Tax Practices of the US, Part 3

Raleigh NC Tax Preparation

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 [...]