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  2. Taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The estate tax is an excise tax levied on the right to pass property at death. It is imposed on the estate, not the beneficiary. Some states impose an inheritance tax on recipients of bequests. Gift taxes are levied on the giver (donor) of property where the property is transferred for less than adequate consideration.

  3. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    Also called corporation tax or company tax. A type of direct tax levied on the income or capital of corporations and other similar legal entities. corporation A type of business organization owned by many people but treated by law as though it were an individual person; it can own property, pay taxes, make contracts, and contribute to political ...

  4. United States energy law - Wikipedia

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    The "Energy Credit for Qualified Fuel Cell Property and Qualified Microturbine Property" was created in 2008, [46] but it appears to have expired as of 2013. Individual taxpayers may claim several energy credits to reduce their federal income taxes , if they file the Long Form 1040 along with Form 5695 attached.

  5. Prison - Wikipedia

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    A 19th-century jail room at a Pennsylvania museum. A prison, [a] also known as a jail, [b] gaol, [c] penitentiary, detention center, [d] correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer, is a facility where people are imprisoned under the authority of the state, usually as punishment for various crimes.

  6. History of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    [418] [419] John Wycliffe (1320–1384), an English scholastic philosopher and theologian, also attended the Council of Constance (1414–1418) where he urged the Church to give up its property (which produced much of the Church's wealth), to once again embrace poverty and simplicity, to stop being subservient to the state and its politics, and ...

  7. List of Saturday Night Live commercial parodies - Wikipedia

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    The simulation of, and references to, real life clearly drains one player's (Melissa Villaseñor) enjoyment in the game. [ 264 ] Gandhi and the Bandit – A movie trailer spoofing Smokey and the Bandit , with law enforcement chasing a speeding 18-wheeler driven by Mahatma Gandhi ( Tim Kazurinsky ).

  8. Pope Adrian IV - Wikipedia

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    Pope Adrian IV (Latin: Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); [1] c. 1100 [note 1] – 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV) [3] was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159.