Tax Economics: What You Should Know and Why You Should Care

Taxes impact each of us. Each of us differently. Tax is the polite term for paying for rendered services and tax authorities seek ways to extract the most from its citizens without causing a revolt. Nearly all armed uprisings include a measure of taxation, its perceived fairness, and the use of the “proceeds” as an underpinning. Taxes, their policy and collection metrics, encourage behaviors. Not all behaviors are honorable. This posting (and any future ones) is not designed to be a full treatise on tax policies as there are library shelves filled already. The intent of these words is to remind some and inform others as to the true ...