Sunday, February 3, 2013

The Income Tax Celebrates its 100th

IRS 1040 form
IRS 1040 form (irs.gov)
Don't hear too many people cheering though!  Probably the best headline I've read so far on this anniversary is, "Many Unhappy Returns." But, however one feels about the whole idea, it's a power that Congress was given when the 16th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified a hundred years ago. Cornell University Law School has a great legal website which provides a lot of info on the law and government. Here's their page on Amendment XVI

No comments:

Post a Comment