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Opinions, Protest, & Reform
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Alliance for Taxpayer Access 
 This group is a "diverse and growing alliance of organizations representing taxpayers, patients, physicians, researchers, and institutions that support open public access to taxpayer-funded research." It has a goal of "making the peer-reviewed results of taxpayer-funded research available online, and for no extra charge to the American public." The site features information about progress in the U.S. Congress and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Also includes links to news and to member groups. http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/ Topics: Tax Filing Season Last updated Aug 7, 2007 Americans' Views on Taxes
Information about a poll conducted in 2003 by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government about perceptions of the U.S. federal tax system by individuals. The survey showed "that most Americans believe that other things are more important than cutting taxes." Includes the text of the results of the poll and links to related radio programs about taxation. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/news/specials/polls/taxes2003/ Topics: Tax Filing Season Last updated Nov 2, 2005 Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ)
"Citizens for Tax Justice is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and advocacy organization dedicated to fair taxation at the federal, state, and local levels." Their agenda focuses upon "fair tax burdens" distributed among the poor and the wealthy, closing corporate loopholes, adequate government funding, and federal debt reduction. Resources include reports, analyses, links, and quotations. Searchable. http://www.ctj.org/ Topics: Tax Filing Season Last updated Feb 9, 2005 Simplifying Tax Systems: The Case for Flat Taxes
April 2005 article that discusses the development and operation of flat tax systems for taxation of personal income. The article notes that "pioneered in eastern Europe, flat tax systems seem to work because they are simple." Includes a list of rates for selected countries and information about the U.S. interest in adopting a form of this tax system. From the website for The Economist magazine. http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3860731 Topics: Tax Filing Season Last updated Nov 2, 2005 Tax Foundation
Federal and state budget and tax news, information, and commentary from a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that was created in 1937 "to educate the public about taxes." Includes information on Tax Freedom Day, which is "the day when Americans will finally have earned enough money to pay off their total tax bill for the year." Searchable. http://www.taxfoundation.org/ Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Holidays and Observances Individually, Tax Filing Season Last updated Mar 22, 2007 Tax Has Tenet [Ruined] Us Alle
A Middle English poem about "the poll taxes of 1377, 1379, 1380-81, which were one of the chief causes of the rebellion of 1381." Text and translation by TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages). http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/tax.htm Topics: History By Place, Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place, Poetry, Tax Filing Season Last updated Jan 18, 2006 Tax Policy Center
This site features estimates, "tax facts," news, and analysis about potential changes in the federal tax system, such as the 2005 concepts of repealing the deduction for state and local taxes, and replacing the income tax with a tax on consumption. The center is a joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution. http://www.taxpolicycenter.org Topics: Tax Filing Season Last updated Apr 4, 2008 The Tax Protester FAQ
This site's purpose is "to provide concise, authoritative rebuttals to nonsense about the U.S. tax system that is frequently posted in misc.taxes, and on web sites scattered throughout the Internet, by a variety of fanatics, idiots, and dupes, frequently referred to by the courts as 'tax protesters.'" It is "a collection of frequently made assertions, together with an explanation of why each assertion is false." Prepared by a tax law attorney. http://evans-legal.com/dan/tpfaq.html Topics: Corruption & Fraud, Tax Filing Season Last updated Jan 18, 2006 Understanding the Tax Reform Debate: Background, Criteria, and Questions
This September 2005 report provides background information about the U.S. tax system and proposals for its reform, such as value-added taxes (VAT), personal consumption tax, the flat tax, and income tax system reform. Includes key questions, a bibliography, statistical charts and graphs, and a glossary. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which is "commonly called the investigative arm of Congress or the congressional watchdog, [and] is independent and nonpartisan." http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d051009sp.pdf Topics: Tax Filing Season Last updated Jan 17, 2006 |
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