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Berkshire Eagle12h
Buried in Pittsfield Cemetery, Bushrod Birch was a Civil War veteran who was hailed as 'a true man in all the relations of his life'
Born in New York City in 1810, Bushrod Birch spent time on and off in Pittsfield before serving in the Civil War, and returned to Pittsfield shortly before his death ...
No Income Tax For Working Class? Unions Float Radical Proposal
Lawmakers will consider a bill to increase the state excise tax and wipe out the state income tax for most residents.
Thy Black Man on MSN3dOpinion
How Tariffs Shaped America’s Economy: A Forgotten Revenue Solution.
From 1861 to 1890s, high tariffs dominated as the source of federal government revenue under Republican-led protectionism ...
PBS4d
A look at how tariffs work and the impact they have on the economy
President Trump's tariff plans are leaving people with many questions about when they have been used in the past, what kind of effect they have had, how that squares with the president's arguments and ...
The Tariff Football And Income Tax History
We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff in part to deal with the mind of the South in 1913—yet the income tax revenue enabled revenue-destructive tariffs.
The Real Secret Behind Trump’s Insane Tariff Obsession
The president won’t clarify what his price for ending his idiotic trade war is. Maybe that’s because it’s something he dare ...
MarketWatch10d
Here’s when you can file your 2024 taxes — and what’s new this year with refunds, tax laws and free tax prep
The Internal Revenue Service has set its calendar for the upcoming tax-filing season: Americans can start submitting their income-tax returns on Monday, Jan. 27. As people send in their 2024 ...
Virginia Mercury11d
Virginia moves to strip tax breaks for Confederate groups
Virginia took another decisive step in its ongoing reckoning with its Confederate past as the House of Delegates in a bipartisan move approved legislation to strip tax-exempt status from organizations ...
AARP12d
9 States With No Income Tax
Or, if you’re really committed to paying less in taxes, you could move. In nine states, income isn’t taxed — allowing residents to hold onto more of their hard-earned dollars. For retirees, this means ...
Sky16d
Tariffs have a long history in the US - two charts tell that story
starting with excise taxes and income taxes in the Civil War. Those taxes, collected by the Internal Revenue Service, ballooned in the following decades - as did the size of the state. Today the ...
The Irish Times17d
Donald Trump threatens tax war over US multinationals
The US president made the move in an executive order on Monday night, withdrawing US support for a global tax pact agreed at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD ...