The first income tax in 1913 required that just 2% of American families
complete a tax return.
The highest tax rate was 7%.
Businesses will spend about 3.4 BILLION man-hours and individuals about 1.7
BILLION
hours figuring out their taxes this year. That is the equivalent of
3 million people working full
time year-round on tax preparation work. That is more people than
now serve in the U.S.
armed forces. It is more man-hours than are required to build every
car, van and truck in
the United States.
The Gettysburg address runs about 270 words. The Declaration of
Independence has 1,337
words. The Holy Bible runs about 773,000 words. Our income
tax code runs about 7 million
words and is still growing.
If the IRS pasted together all of the paperwork it receives annually, the
result would wrap around
the earth roughly 36 times.
Taxes now account for 31% of the cost of a loaf of bread, 30% of the cost of
a hotel room and
43% of the price of a bottle of beer.
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New Mexico Insurance Department
Free Best Ratings of Companies
Free copy of Acrobat Reader
Storm Events Data Base
National Climatic Data Center
Insurance
Information Institute
Official Darwin Awards - Just for fun (is
it covered?)
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