Posts Tagged ‘NC’

A Brief Timeline of Taxation Practices of the US, Chapter One

Raleigh NC Accountant

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 [...]

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

Raleigh NC CPA

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 [...]

The History of Tax Practices, Part Eight: Tax Law and The Boston Tea Party

Raleigh NC Accountant

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 [...]