kaybinster
04-13-2006, 12:09 PM
Tax Time
I sent off my check to the IRS today. I owed some taxes. Actually thought I had been paying them all along:
Building Permit Tax
Capital Gains Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax (luckily I don't smoke, ok.. but if I did..)
Corporate Income Tax (Ah...the privileges of being an LLC)
Court Fines
(indirect taxes)
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax
(FUTA)
Fishing License Tax (no bouillabaise next year!, I promise)
Fed Gasoline Tax
(42 cents per gallon) (And you think the oil companies are gouging us!..)
State Gas tax 13 cents/gallon
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax Interest expense
(tax on the money)
Inventory tax IRS Interest Charges
(tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties
(tax on top of tax) (Yep! I gotta pay that because I didn't withhold enough tax..)
Liquor Tax (or, as I like to refer to it as my liquid medicine)
Local Income Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax (never do that again)
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Septic Permit Tax
Service Charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Taxes
(Truckers pass this along in the stuff we buy, believe me)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Road Toll Booth Taxes
School Tax!
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax
Telephone federal excise tax
Telephone federal universal service fee tax
Telephone federal, state and
local surcharge taxes
Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax
Telephone state and local tax
Telephone usage charge tax
Toll Bridge Taxes
Toll Tunnel Taxes
Traffic Fines
(indirect taxation)
Trailer registration tax (again another pass along)
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
COMMENTS:
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and our nation was the most prosperous in the world, had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What the hell happened?
Howsa 'bout the welfare state? Look. I don't mind paying taxes. Really! I just think that our tax system is broken and needs to be fixed. It is a disgrace that the average American family is unable to compute their own taxes. It is also a disgrace that our tax code is so confusing that even the IRS cannot figure it out. And speaking of the IRS, if you are audited it is up to you to prove your innocence rather than the IRS having to prove your guilt.
You wanna fix the tax code? Here are ways that would do it:
1. No withholding. What a scam this is. "Oh boy! I'm getting money back!" No you sleepy ignorant tool! You are getting money back that you lent the gummint at zero percent interest. If everyone had to sit down and write the gummint a check for their tax bill on April 15, the tax code would be overhauled in no time flat. Either that, or there would be a bunch of politicians out of work.
2. After eliminating withholding, move the election to April 15..
3. Make every representative and senator do their own taxes and be audited by the IRS. I guarantee the tax code would be simplified. Can you imagine young Bush trying to do his own taxes?
I'm sure I missed a few.
I sent off my check to the IRS today. I owed some taxes. Actually thought I had been paying them all along:
Building Permit Tax
Capital Gains Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax (luckily I don't smoke, ok.. but if I did..)
Corporate Income Tax (Ah...the privileges of being an LLC)
Court Fines
(indirect taxes)
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax
(FUTA)
Fishing License Tax (no bouillabaise next year!, I promise)
Fed Gasoline Tax
(42 cents per gallon) (And you think the oil companies are gouging us!..)
State Gas tax 13 cents/gallon
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax Interest expense
(tax on the money)
Inventory tax IRS Interest Charges
(tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties
(tax on top of tax) (Yep! I gotta pay that because I didn't withhold enough tax..)
Liquor Tax (or, as I like to refer to it as my liquid medicine)
Local Income Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax (never do that again)
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Septic Permit Tax
Service Charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Taxes
(Truckers pass this along in the stuff we buy, believe me)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Road Toll Booth Taxes
School Tax!
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax
Telephone federal excise tax
Telephone federal universal service fee tax
Telephone federal, state and
local surcharge taxes
Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax
Telephone state and local tax
Telephone usage charge tax
Toll Bridge Taxes
Toll Tunnel Taxes
Traffic Fines
(indirect taxation)
Trailer registration tax (again another pass along)
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
COMMENTS:
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and our nation was the most prosperous in the world, had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What the hell happened?
Howsa 'bout the welfare state? Look. I don't mind paying taxes. Really! I just think that our tax system is broken and needs to be fixed. It is a disgrace that the average American family is unable to compute their own taxes. It is also a disgrace that our tax code is so confusing that even the IRS cannot figure it out. And speaking of the IRS, if you are audited it is up to you to prove your innocence rather than the IRS having to prove your guilt.
You wanna fix the tax code? Here are ways that would do it:
1. No withholding. What a scam this is. "Oh boy! I'm getting money back!" No you sleepy ignorant tool! You are getting money back that you lent the gummint at zero percent interest. If everyone had to sit down and write the gummint a check for their tax bill on April 15, the tax code would be overhauled in no time flat. Either that, or there would be a bunch of politicians out of work.
2. After eliminating withholding, move the election to April 15..
3. Make every representative and senator do their own taxes and be audited by the IRS. I guarantee the tax code would be simplified. Can you imagine young Bush trying to do his own taxes?
I'm sure I missed a few.