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Why are You Paying this Optional Tax to the Government?
“For years, the income tax and gift and estate tax laws have been modified and amended to the degree that only tax lawyers and accountants could really make any sense out of them. Now, with the advent of the Tax Reform Act of 1976 and all of its cross implications, not even the tax lawyers and accountants are so sure of themselves.” – Robert S. Taft, New York Law Journal, Dec. 30, 1976
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“We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” – Leona Helmsley
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“You must pay taxes. But there’s no law that says you gotta leave a tip.”– Morgan Stanley advertisement
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“He who fails to plan is planning to fail” …Winston Churchill
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“Passive activity income does not include the following: Income from an activity that is not a passive activity” – unknown
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