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Tax Notes Research: a free federal tax law library containing the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, IRS regulations, Treasury decisions and other primary sources [5] Worldwide Tax Treaties: a database of more than 12,200 tax treaties with comparison tools
Tax law is part of public law. It covers the application of existing tax laws on individuals, entities and corporations, in areas where tax revenue is derived or levied, e.g. income tax, estate tax, business tax, employment/payroll tax, property tax, gift tax and exports/imports tax. [1] [2] There have been some arguments that consumer law is a ...
The Supreme Court of the United States has heard numerous cases in the area of tax law. This is an incomplete list of those cases. ... License Tax Cases: 72 U.S. 462 ...
In the tax law of the United States the claim of right doctrine causes a taxpayer to recognize income if they receive the income even though they do not have a fixed right to the income. For the income to qualify as being received there must be a receipt of cash or property that ordinarily constitutes income rather than loans or gifts or ...
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 [8] This tax was repealed and replaced by another income tax in the Revenue Act of 1862.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]
The Tax Reform Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–172) was a United States federal tax law signed by President Richard Nixon in 1969. Its largest impact was creating the Alternative Minimum Tax, which was intended to tax high-income earners who had previously avoided incurring tax liability due to various exemptions and deductions.
Case history; Prior: Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit: Holding (1) A genuine, good faith belief that one is not violating the Federal tax law based on a misunderstanding caused by the complexity of the tax law is a defense to a charge of "willfulness", even though that belief is irrational or unreasonable; (2) a belief that the Federal income tax is ...
The Pittsburgh Tax Review has repeatedly been ranked among the top tax journals in the United States. The only journal at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law that is peer-reviewed, the Pittsburgh Tax Review publishes [ 2 ] twice yearly and highlights articles by professors and practitioners in the field of taxation, as well as student ...