During the decade ending in 2021, the United States Treasury received about $32.3 trillion in taxes while it spent $43.9 trillion. 在截至2021年的十年间,美国财政部收到了约32.3万亿美元的税收,而支出则达到了43.9万亿美元。 Though economists, politicians and many of the public have opinions about th...
JUDY WOODRUFF: Almost all of us have wondered at one point or another about the taxes we pay: Where does the money go?Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer not only wondered. He decided to make the information available in the form of a new public research tool.Last week, Ballmer launched ...
Before the US Constitution was written, theArticles of Confederationrepresented the first constitution of the United States. This former constitution gave power to the states rather than the federal government. Therefore, state governments could collect taxes and use them per their discretion. States li...
. The court added that extending the university’s tax-exempt status would have been tantamount to subsidizing racialdiscriminationwith public tax money. The Fourth Circuit remanded the dispute with instructions to dismiss the university’s suit and reinstate the government’s claim for back taxes....
of politics and regularly exercise their will in referenda andinitiatives, through which Swiss citizens directly make numerous policy decisions at the national and subnational level. Two effects of this popular involvement are evident: Swiss taxes are rather low by European standards, because voters ...
The geography of Texas is as diverse as its people. This sprawling state, which boasts of theRio Grandeand Brazos rivers, is the second largest in the United States. Its landscapes are a mix of deserts, woodlands, and coastal swamps. This southern state is bordered to the east by Louisiana...
The NIPA measures are often used by macroeconomists and others because of the consistency of concepts and definitions in the national accounts, which aid in forecasting the economy, taxes, and budgets. To facilitate such uses, the [White House] Office of Management and Budget and BEA each ...
Comprehensive and meticulously documented facts about Social Security. Learn about Social Security's taxes, benefits, financial status, reform options, and more. For example: • Taxable Maximum • Causes of Fiscal Problems • Old-Age Benefits • “Looting the Trust Fund” • Personal Ownersh...
The original deadline for paying taxes to the IRS was March 1st, but this date was moved back to March 15th in 1918, and then again to the current date of April 15th in 1954. Both moves were to give the government more time to process tax returns as the number of tax filers increase...
the Defense of Marriage Act, (DOMA), violates the Constitution's equal protection clause, deciding in favor of widow Edith Windsor, an 83-year-old lesbian who sued the federal government for charging her more than $363,000 in estate taxes after being denied the benefit of spousal deductions....