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"A revelatory book that lifts the curtain on America's most consequential public deception: how the rich get richer using tools the government gave them. Amid conflicting narratives about the drivers of wealth and inequality in the United States, one constant hovers in the background: the US tax code. No political force has been more consequential -- or more utterly opaque -- than the 7,000-page document that details who pays what in American society...
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The essential tax reference book for every nonprofit. Dealing with the IRS and its rules is the price all nonprofits pay in return for the substantial tax benefits they receive. Failure to comply with nonprofit tax laws can lead to dire consequences--revocation of your tax-exempt status or the imposition of taxes and penalties on your nonprofit or even on your officers, directors, or employees personally. Fortunately, most nonprofits can handle...
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"If you want to understand your finances, you need to understand your taxes. Learn everything you need to know about the US tax system and become more financially independent with Taxes 101. As people become more motivated to be as financially literate as possible, understanding every part of their financial wellness is key. With Taxes 101, you will learn the basics of the US tax system, from the system structure and kinds of taxes to all the tax...
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In Taxes at Work, readers will learn about another side of the American government, both past and present. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia, and ask questions about current events as well as the readers' own lives. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
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The first edition of Adams' study of the history of taxation had heads turning across the nation, with excited reviews appearing in dozens of national newspapers and magazines in addition to local papers in almost every state. Adams makes a convincing case for taxes being the cause of many of the landmark events in civilization's history. Starting in ancient Egypt, Adams surveys how governments established and collected their taxes, and how these...
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"A searing examination of a key driver of American inequality-our tax system. Even as they became fabulously wealthy, the rich have seen their taxes collapse to levels last seen in the 1920s. Meanwhile, working-class Americans have been asked to pay more. The Triumph of Injustice is a forensic investigation into this dramatic transformation. Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, economists who revolutionized the study of inequality, demonstrate how the...
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President Obama has declared that the standard by which all policies and policy outcomes are judged is fairness. He declared in 2011 that "we've sought to ensure that every citizen can count on some basic measure of security. We do this because we recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any moment, might face hard times, might face bad luck, might face a crippling illness or a layoff." And that, he says, is why...
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"...reorganizes and consolidates the materials added in the Sixteenth Edition and breaks down the discussions into many subparts to make it easier to find answers quickly. In addition, the Seventeenth Edition responds to the changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, in particular the limit on miscellaneous itemized deductions and the consequences of that limit. In addition, the Seventeenth Edition updates all of the materials from the Sixteenth...
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How the antitax fringe went mainstream--and now threatens America's future! The postwar United States enjoyed large, widely distributed economic rewards--and most Americans accepted that taxes were a reasonable price to pay for living in a society of shared prosperity. Then in 1978 California enacted Proposition 13, a property tax cap that Ronald Reagan hailed as a "second American Revolution," setting off an antitax, antigovernment wave that has...
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If you run a small business, you've likely got more work than you already feel able to handle. The last thing you need is to be running around trying to figure out your taxes at the last minute. So, if you need a hands-on guide to small business taxes that doesn't mess around, look no further than Small Business Taxes For Dummies.
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"In THE RETIREMENT SAVINGS TIME BOMB, renowned accountant and "America's IRA expert" Ed Slott, shows the millions of Americans who have the majority of their assets (now upwards of $10 trillion, nation-wide) invested in such retirement plans as IRAs, 401(k)s, 403(b)s, 457s, Keogh plans, SEP-IRAs and Roth IRAs, how to avoid losing up to 90% in taxes when you start using the funds postretirement or want to bequeath them to your spouse and family after...
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Small business owners in the US face enough challenges without overpaying tax. Despite this, millions of small businesses miss out on crucial deductions, tax credits, and tax-saving moves every year, resulting in higher-than-necessary tax bills. In J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2023: Your Complete Guide to a Better Bottom Line, renowned attorney and small business advocate Barbara Weltman offers a thorough and exhaustively researched roadmap...