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Our next tax trivia question for the giveaway is:
In the movie, Gone With the Wind, Scarlett found out that the taxes had been raised on her beloved home. How much money did she need to pay the taxes on Tara?
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Our first tax trivia question is: In 1913, Congress levied a one percent tax on net personal incomes above $3,000, with a six percent surtax on incomes above $500,000. As the nation sought greater revenue to finance the World War I effort, the top rate of the income tax rose considerably. What was the top income…
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I think it was $300?
$300.00.
$300!
$300!!
Yes, $300.
Really too bad that property taxes in the metro Atlanta area aren’t that low anymore…
YEAH, let’s go back to the tax rates they had then! Of course, having a big open pit instead of a sewer system might get a little gross in the summertime… Dirt roads and no traffic controls would be aggravating. .. No public health controls, such as clean water supply and testing would be a drag… Mothers staying at home and home schooling all children might actually be fun though… Then there’s the whole issue of shutting down the standing army and the for-profit Military Industrial Complex, which is a big reason we’ve had the 2000% inflation we’ve had…
$300
$300.00
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