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The business and occupation tax (often abbreviated as B&O tax or B/O tax) is a type of tax levied by the U.S. states of Washington, West Virginia, and, as of 2010, Ohio, [1] and by municipal governments in West Virginia and Kentucky. [2] It is a type of gross receipts tax because it is levied on gross income, rather than net income.
However, Nevada, Ohio, and Washington impose a gross receipts tax while Texas has a franchise tax based on "taxable margin", generally defined as sales less either cost of goods sold less compensation, with complete exemption (no tax owed) for less than $1MM in annual earnings and gradually increasing to a maximum tax of 1% based on net revenue ...
As of 2010, 68.8% of federal individual tax receipts, including payroll taxes, were paid by the top 20% of taxpayers by income group, which earned 50% of all household income. The top 1%, which took home 19.3%, paid 24.2% whereas the bottom 20% paid 0.4% due to deductions and the earned income tax credit.
Gathering and saving receipts and tax documents is an important part of filing taxes and receiving your refund quickly. Whether you take the standard deduction or itemize deductions, most people ...
Officially known as Letter 105 C Claims Disallowed, the letters targeted two types of filers that were ineligible: entities that did not exist or businesses with no paid employees during the claim ...
By Peter Blank, Editor, The Kiplinger Tax Letter Okay, admit it: As you've struggled with your tax return, trying to come up with some extra deductions to pump up your refund or reduce what you ...
The first individual income tax return Form 1040 under the 1913 [158] law was four pages long. In 1915, some Congressmen complained about the complexity of the form. [159] In 1921, Congress considered but did not enact replacement of the income tax with a national sales tax. By the 1920s, many states had adopted income taxes on individuals and ...
Note that although self-employed individuals pay 12.4%, this is mitigated two ways. First, half of the amount of the tax is reduced from salary before figuring the tax (you don't pay Social Security tax on the tax your employer pays for you.) Second, the "employer" half is an adjustment to income on the front page of Form 1040.