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  2. Employer transportation benefits in the United States

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    An employer in the United States may provide transportation benefits to their employees that are tax free up to a certain limit. Under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code section 132(a), the qualified transportation benefits are one of the eight types of statutory employee benefits (also known as fringe benefits) that are excluded from gross income in calculating federal income tax.

  3. Excise tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first federal budget was about $4.6 million, and the population in the 1790 U.S. Census was about four million, so the average federal tax was about $1/person per year. At that time, tradespeople earned about $0.25 a day for a 10- to 12-hour day so that federal taxes could be paid with about four days of work.

  4. Taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    U.S. federal government tax receipts as a percentage of GDP from 1945 to 2015. 2010 to 2015 data are estimated. The federal income tax enacted in 1913 included corporate and individual income taxes. It defined income using language from prior laws, incorporated in the Sixteenth Amendment, as "all income from whatever source derived". The tax ...

  5. Tax returns in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Information returns are reports used to transmit information about income, receipts or other matters that may affect tax liabilities. For example, Form W-2 and Form 1099 are used to report on the amount of income that an employer, independent contractor, broker, or other payer pays to a taxpayer.

  6. Treasury regulations - Wikipedia

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    Treasury Regulations are the tax regulations issued by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury.These regulations are the Treasury Department's official interpretations of the Internal Revenue Code [1] and are one source of U.S. federal income tax law.

  7. Per diem - Wikipedia

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    Per diem (Latin for "per day" or "for each day") or daily allowance is a specific amount of money that an organization gives an individual, typically an employee, per day to cover living expenses when travelling on the employer's business.

  8. Income tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal, State, and Local income tax as a percent GDP Federal income, payroll, and tariff tax history Taxes revenue by source chart history US Capital Gains Taxes history. In 1913, the top tax rate was 7% on incomes above $500,000 (equivalent to $15.4 million [97] in 2023 dollars) and a total of $28.3 million was collected. [98]

  9. Gross receipts tax - Wikipedia

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    A gross receipts tax or gross excise tax is a tax on the total gross revenues of a company, regardless of their source. A gross receipts tax is often compared to a sales tax ; the difference is that a gross receipts tax is levied upon the seller of goods or services, while a sales tax is nominally levied upon the buyer (although both are ...