A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS ON MAJOR TAX REFORM: AGRICULTURE AND THE 1913 INCOME TAX LAW

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas K. Barney ◽  
Tonya K. Flesher

Farmers have benefited from unique tax treatment since the beginning of the income tax law. This paper explores agricultural influences on the passage of the income tax in 1913, using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. The results show that agricultural interests were influential in the development and passage of tax/tariff laws. The percentage of congressmen with agricultural ties explains the strong affection for agriculture. Discussion in congressional debates and in agricultural journals was passionate and patriotic in support of equity for farmers. The quantitative analysis reveals that the percentage farm population was a significant predictor of passage of the 16th Amendment by the states and of adoption of state income taxes in the 20th century.

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan R. Smith ◽  
Philip Bailey ◽  
Harry Haney ◽  
Debra Salbador ◽  
John Greene

Abstract Federal and state income taxes are calculated for hypothetical forest landowners in two income brackets across 23 states in the Midwest and Northeast to illustrate the effects of differential state tax treatment. The income tax liability is calculated in a year in which the timber owners harvest $200,000 worth of timber. State income taxes ranged from highs of $13,427 for middle-income landowners and $18,527 for high-income landowners in Maine to no tax burden in New Hampshire and South Dakota. Calculated state and federal income taxes are based on 2004 tax regulations and rates. After-tax land expectation values calculated for a forest landowner in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan illustrate the importance of tax planning on returns to a timber investment. The results support the need for adequate tax accounting.


2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-126
Author(s):  
Nathan R. Smith ◽  
Phillip Bailey ◽  
Harry Haney ◽  
Debra Salbador ◽  
John Greene

Abstract Federal and state income taxes are calculated for hypothetical forest landowners in two income brackets across 13 states in the West to illustrate the effects of differential state tax treatment. The income tax liability is calculated in a year in which the timber owners harvest $200,000 worth of timber. State income taxes range from highs of $19,693 for middle-income and $34,993 for high-income landowners in Oregon to no income tax in Alaska, Nevada, Washington and Wyoming. After-tax land expectation values for a forest landowner in Oregon are also calculated to illustrate the importance of tax planning on returns to a timber investment. The need for adequate tax accounting is supported by the results.


2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Rizki Ahmad Fauzi

The introdution described about the history of income tax, the book observation concerning about the meaning of Tax and the chronological alteration of the Income Tax regulations. Research Method described the structure of PT. Jasamulia Iramandiri, along the literature using research data as a secondary data The comparison between the old Law on the new Act has some interesting differences to explore, also elucidate between Old law dan the New Law of Income Tax concerning PPh 21,23,and 25.  This discussion are simulate the calculation of Income Tax Law chapter 21 in two version the old and newest Law, also the impact of the Law alteration  to accounts on the financial statement.


2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-140
Author(s):  
Whitney B. Afonso

AbstractState-level income tax policy is a hotly debated topic in both academic and political spheres. Although economic theory and some empirical analyses suggest that larger income tax burdens affect migration decisions, there is also a good deal of empirical evidence showing that tax policy has little to no effect. This lack of consensus in the academic literature is echoed in the political world, where many states are debating whether to eliminate income taxes or reduce rates as a means of spurring economic growth. Connecticut’s adoption of an income tax policy in 1991 provides a unique opportunity to analyse the impact of a sizable income tax policy change on migration. The results suggest that Connecticut’s income tax deterred movement into the state but had no impact on exit from the state, resulting in a net loss in migration.


2021 ◽  
pp. 66-78
Author(s):  
Clare Firth ◽  
Jennifer Seymour ◽  
Lucy Crompton ◽  
Helen Fox ◽  
Frances Seabridge ◽  
...  

Everyone needs to pay income tax, so whilst it is not necessary for every lawyer to have knowledge to the same extent of a specialist tax lawyer or a financial advisor, it remains essential for every lawyer to have sufficient knowledge and understanding to be able to undertake basic income tax calculations, understand the stages in those calculations, any applicable reliefs and how they work, therefore enabling them to recognise the impact of income tax on both clients and themselves. This chapter discusses the background to income tax law; the role of HMRC in the collection of income tax and the dates for payment of income tax; sources of taxable income. rates of income tax, reliefs and allowances; the key elements to an income tax calculation. This chapter covers the changes introduced by the March 2021 Budget.


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