Raleigh NC Accountant

W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…

Between 1868 to 1913, almost ninety percent of the national government’s revenue was derived from taxes on alcohol and tobacco. During the Civil War the government instituted a short income tax, but it was not until 1913 when the sixteenth Amendment permitted Congress to tax incomes “from whatever sources attained.” The initial 1040’s were due

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Raleigh NC Accountant

W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…

“Slavery – the one cause of the Civil War.” – John Stuart Mill, 1862

Could there be any doubt concerning it? Of course the American Civil War was about slavery… wasn’t it? Well actually, one of the greatest popular myths in our history is that the Civil War was started

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Raleigh NC CPA

W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA, NC, individual and business CPA and Tax expert, shares about the history of taxes…

There has been no other revolution that was more solidly rooted in taxation. Taxation didn’t just cause it, but assisted in providing unity for the unorganized and squabbling

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