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Tax law or revenue law is an area of legal study in which public or sanctioned authorities, such as federal, state and municipal governments (as in the case of the US) use a body of rules and procedures (laws) to assess and collect taxes in a legal context. The rates and merits of the various taxes, imposed by the authorities, are attained via ...
Tax rates were 3% on income exceeding $600 and less than $10,000, and 5% on income exceeding $10,000. [8] This tax was repealed and replaced by another income tax in the Revenue Act of 1862. [9] After the war when the need for federal revenues decreased, Congress (in the Revenue Act of 1870) let the tax law expire in 1873. [10]
Circular 230 contains rules of conduct in preparing tax returns. [14] Persons preparing tax returns must not: Take a position on a tax return unless there is a realistic possibility of the position being sustained on its merits. Frivolous tax return positions are prohibited. Unreasonably delay prompt disposition of any matter before the IRS.
Additional Medicare tax: High-income earners may also have to pay an additional 0.9% tax on wages, compensation, and self-employment income. [14] Net investment income tax: Net investment income is subject to an additional 3.8% tax for individuals with income in excess of certain thresholds.
A new income tax law, passed in 1980 and effective 1981, determined only residence as the basis for taxation of worldwide income. [165] However, since 2006 Mexico taxes based on citizenship in limited situations (see above). [166] Bulgaria used to tax its citizens on worldwide income regardless of where they resided. [167]
Several theories of taxation exist in public economics. Governments at all levels (national, regional and local) need to raise revenue from a variety of sources to finance public-sector expenditures .
The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97–248), [1] also known as TEFRA, is a United States federal law that rescinded some of the effects of the Kemp-Roth Act passed the year before.
An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income). Income tax generally is computed as the product of a tax rate times the taxable income. Taxation rates may vary by type or characteristics of the taxpayer and the type of income.