The Tax System Of The United States

The worst thing I think America ever did is putting way too many taxes on the poor. One of my reasons is that the poor can’t afford a lot of things with taxes and if the poor buy something they also have to pay taxes, which will make everything more Expensive. My Second reason is that the government should make a rule for taxes based on the person's income. My Third reason is that because of the taxes the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer. Those are my three reasons for why taxes on the poor is the worst thing America did.

Frederic Bastiat, a French intellectual who wrote about economics and government in the first half of the nineteenth century, penned, “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” This paper will focus on the legal system that authorizes said plunder in the United States. The tax code of the U.S., as of early 2017, is complicated and extremely lengthy. The majority of Americans consult professionals who study the tax code, in order to pay what the government requires of them, because the average citizen cannot understand the complexities of it. There is a plethora of reasons that the United

With the ever-increasing complexity of the United States tax code, it has become more important than ever for companies to understand and implement possible tax benefits for the company and its employees. One major benefit that applies to both is employer-provided meals. Employer-provided meals have become a major topic due to their double-sided benefits. These are both tax beneficial to employers, as the meals can be deducted by the business as an expense on its federal income tax return, which reduces the business’ tax liability. Concurrently, the benefit of the provided meal is excluded from the taxable gross income of the employee, providing the employee with a tax-free benefit. After fully understanding the laws related to employer-provided meals, a business could begin thinking about implementation of the benefit.

A recent national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center on April 7, 2013 found that 56% of Americans have a negative reaction towards income taxes. For this reason, most presidential candidates of both the Republican and Democratic Party, such as Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, maintain a fixed position on the way they think the current tax code should change. With all the issues and criticism the current American tax code faces there is an ongoing debated on how it should be dealt with. This Paper will explore all four, of the previously stated candidates’ tax plans

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In 1913, the 16th Amendment gave Congress the power to tax income, no matter the

Prior to the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment of the American Constitution, the majority of the income received by the federal government was through tariffs and excise taxation (Pollack, 2013). Tariffs are taxes “levied by governments on the value including freight and insurance of imported products (Tariffs and Import Fees, 2014)”. Excise taxes are “taxes paid when purchases are made on a specific good, such as gasoline (Excise Tax, 2014).” While the individual citizen did not incur wage taxation, through trickle-down economics, consumers often dealt with higher costs of goods as importers sought to recoup

The Federal tax code of the United States mandates that every U.S. citizen receiving income who meets a minimum income threshold complete and file a federal income tax return prepared in accordance with a complex set of regulations (Arsenault, 2013; Internal Revenue Service [IRS], 1974; Publication 17 [Pub.17], 2016). This tax preparation model relies upon the principal-agent theory to ensure taxpayer participation. In this system, the government is the principal who requires the taxpayer to voluntarily submit a compliant return as its agent. Anyone acting on behalf of the taxpayer becomes an agent for both the government and the taxpayer.

Taxes are essential for they enable the economy to function more properly. Taxes are useful for funding programs such as, public transportation, education, and health care services, however, taxation on goods and other resources can negatively affect individuals whose socioeconomic status is low. In my opinion, taxation has different effects on different areas of our economy, taxes do affect American citizens as well as the economic policy by raising or lowering the amount of income the government receives.

The United States economy, as known by all, is not in its best shape. One way in which the government gains money is by imposing taxes on people. There are many taxes that are placed on different things that everyone needs or already has. The United States uses a taxation system which is criticized by many. The system used in Progressive Tax; however, many people believe the system of Flat Tax, or Proportional Tax, should be the system that is used for taxing.

Everyday, American citizens are under obligation to pay their taxes in order to be classified as an upstanding citizen; however, the efficiency and fairness of America’s taxation system is a controversial topic which, in truth, places many hard-working Americans at a disadvantage. More often than not, tax reform is volleyed and utilized as a tool in elections rather than being addressed as the problem it is. In addition, the current system places many young people, namely college bound students, in a difficult situation in regard to financial assistance. While efforts toward taxation reform have been made, further progress and transformation are necessary in order to assist in the relief of inequity.

Taxes have been around throughout the world since the idea of civilization came to being and was implemented. The earliest forms of taxations were implemented around 4500 years ago in Mesopotamia where people used to pay taxes by use of the commonly accepted currency then which was livestock. These kinds of taxes were paid throughout the year to finance the activities of the governing sectors. Looking at the ancient world, there are taxes such as the estate taxes and the death taxes. An example of a country that had death taxes was Egypt which upon the death of an individual the people left behind who would get the property the deceased had were to pay a ten per cent tax on the property they were to inherit. Over the years, the way we pay taxes

One of the controversial topics currently surrounds taxes and everyone has their own opinion on who should be paying what. There are multiple different types of taxing systems that have been proposed and two of the most talked about are Flat Tax and Progressive Tax. Flat Tax is a system where the same tax rate is applied to every taxpayer despite what their income is. This system is applied in eight US states as of 2016. Progressive Tax is a system where the tax rate increases based on your level of income.

Taxation can be traced back to the colonists, when they were severely taxed by Great Britain on multiple items from tea to business documents that were mandatory to be stamped by the Stamp Act. Throughout the history of the United States, the tax system has evolved dramatically. Initially tariffs, or taxes, provided the primary source of revenue for the government. Consumption and Income taxes were announced years apart from each other. Consumption taxing was first developed in 1974 by William Andrews. While Income taxing was first developed in 1894 and was passed by the Wilson-Gorman tariff. Both taxes were made for completely opposite reasons. Income taxes were originally made to help pay for any revenue that would be lost by tariff reductions.

A flat tax is a system of taxation that taxes at a uniform rate, regardless of income level. In the United States we currently use a progressive tax system, meaning that high-income earners pay taxes at a higher rate than low-income earners.