Since I am not a tax advisor but it is tax time and out segment is called Finance is FUN! let's have some fun with taxes!

There is a web site called Fun with Taxes. It surprised me, too.

Weird tax facts: (from an article entitled 50 Fun facts about Taxes)

There are states that charge taxes for the sale of illegal drugs.

Czar Peter the Great taxed beards.

In the UK everyone under 75 pays a TV license fee- more for a color TV and less for b + w

The Civil War was the beginning of an income tax in the US

The easiest tax form- according to author Jim Ward, 1040EZ has 33 pages of instructions…

The first electronic filing of tax form was Jan. 24th 1986

All Royal Navy ships must pay a 'barrel of rum' tax to the Constable of the Tower of London…

Citations:
http://www.funwithtaxes.com/


50 facts
http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/50-fun-facts-about-taxes.html

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