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Why does taxation exist? What are taxes used for? What are the uses of taxes? What is the use of taxation? Why does income tax needed to be reformed? Does the flat rate income tax only benefit the rich?

Taxation are required to be collected by the government through various types of taxes such as; income taxes, sales taxes, social security taxes and etc. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a government agency that collects federal income taxes. With so many types of tax codes, it is very complicated for everyone to aware of its existence. A flax-rate income tax was propose to solve the problem. This pathfinder will provide information to help taxpayers to have a better understanding to support or against the tax reform.


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Glossary-Taxes [|Google Assessment] [|Internet Public Library Search Results-Tax]

Money, stocks, bonds, rich, poor, classes, bank, market, future, past. Things that I think is interesting are interest value & company's label.

- How to files taxes? - Why do we pay taxes? - What are taxes? - How many types of taxes are there?

__**Articles Search Term / Keyword:**__ w2, 1040, social security tax, tax rate, tax deduction, flat-rate tax, the Archer Plan, consumer tax, Domenici-Nunn Plan, National Center for Policy Analysis, personal exemption, deductions for state and local taxes, mortgage interest, charitable contributions, Economic Policy Institute, property taxes, tax plans, U.S. tax code, U.S. department of treasury, capital levy, tariff duty, Internal Revenue Service, Citizens for Tax Justice, U.S. Chamber Of Commerce

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Search Term - tax deduction subject heading - [|Tax deductions]
 * Title:** [|Blockbuster Tax Reform]
 * Source:** Nation's Business
 * Author:** Robert T. Gray
 * Publication Date:** April 1995
 * Page Number:** 18-24
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher

Search Term - social security tax subject heading - [|Social security taxes]
 * Title:** [|Tax Burden in Selected Countries]
 * Source:** The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2006
 * Author: (Unknown)**
 * Publication Date:** 2006
 * Page Number:** 856
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher

Article 1 & 2 Evaluation: 3 things that i discovered are there are different plans for the taxes, taxes must be filed, and the necessary of paying taxes. 2 things that are interesting are there are other countries that pay a higher rate than the US and the time line of the tax system. Why do some people get tax return?

subject heading - [|Income tax]
 * Title:** [|Flat Income Tax for the United States]
 * Source:** American Legion Magazine Vol. 158, No. 4
 * Author:** Bruce Bartlett
 * Publication Date:** April 2005
 * Page Number:** 10
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher

3 things that i discover are the existence of flat-rate income tax, there are a lot of keywords to use, and rich people are benefit from it. 2 things that are interesting are some people thinks it can be filed on postcard and it would effect all types of working people. Why can't it deduct from other sources of income?

subject heading - [|Flat-rate income tax]
 * Title:** [|Flat Tax: Freedom or Fraud?]
 * Source:** American Legion Magazine
 * Author:** Steve Forbes and Robert S. McIntyre
 * Publication Date:** April 2002
 * Page Number:** 24+
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher

3 things that i discover are it would only benefit the rich, the need of the system, and it is require to do it. 2 things that are interesting are people need it to be reform and are looking for solutions for two point of view. Would there be any solutions to the conflict?

subject heading - [|Flat-rate income tax]
 * Title:** [|The Flat-Tax Proposals]
 * Source:** Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)
 * Author:** Kathy M. Kristoff and Maggie Farley
 * Publication Date:** Jan. 28, 1996
 * Page Number:** D1+
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher

3 things that i discover are not taxable interest income, there are other countries using the same system, and its stability of the plans. 2 things that are interesting are lots of different plans for it and the up and down sides of the reform. Why is it necessary for flat-tax?

subject heading - [|Taxation]
 * Title:** [|National Priorities: Why Are Taxes So Complicated?...]
 * Source:** Brookings Review
 * Author:** William Gale
 * Publication Date:** Winter 1999
 * Page Number:** 36-39
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher

3 things that i discover are there are alot of tax code, the tax trade offs, and the tax value. 2 things that are interesting are there are ways to make it simple and the reforms. Would flat-tax fix the complications?

subject heading - [|Flat-rate income tax]
 * Title:** [|US Moves--Quietly--Toward a Flat Tax]
 * Source:** Christian Science Monitor
 * Author: (Unknown)**
 * Publication Date:** Dec. 1, 2003
 * Page Number:** n.p.
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher

3 things that i discover are the middle class could pay more in federal income tax even after the tax cut, super-rich could pay less in federal income tax than the merely rich, and the budget shortage. 2 things that are interesting are the poor pay Social Security and Medicare taxes and various federal or state sales taxes on purchases. Why does different class pay the same amount of percentage of taxes?

subject heading - [|Flat-rate income tax]
 * Title:** [|The Flat Income Tax: A Road to Fairness]
 * Source:** USA Today (Magazine)
 * Author:** Dick Armey
 * Publication Date:** Nov. 1995
 * Page Number:** 22-23
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher

3 things that i discover are save time filling the flat rate income tax, the weakness of other proposal and the simplicity. 2 things that are interesting are difference between the current system and the proposal and the postcard theory. Why does different classes pay the same tax percentage?

subject heading - [|Flat-rate income tax]
 * Title:** [|The Tax Reform Trap]
 * Source:** International Economy
 * Author:** Robert J. Shapiro
 * Publication Date:** Sept./Oct. 1995
 * Page Number:** 36+
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher

3 things that i discover are the problems it faces, the lies that were told and consumption payments. 2 things that are interesting are the strengths and weaknesses of the current tax reform Why can't the poor pay less income tax?

__**Misc. Research:**__

[|IRS Website] Why does taxation exist? What are taxes used for? - Using SIRS web select database with 'IRS' as keyword, and the results show the IRS web site.
 * Websites Search Term / Keyword:** IRS, taxation, deadline, tax refund

[|US Tax Court] Who manage the taxation? What are the consequence not paying taxes? - Using The Internet Public Library in the subject collections of Business, the link show the US Tax Court web site.
 * Websites Search Term / Keyword:** deadline, tax refund, taxation, late tax

3 things that i discovered are there are lots of form to file taxes, there are different types of forms, and taxes can be filed online. 2 things that are interesting are the file date and the system. Why is the file date lies on April?

[|Research Blog] 3 things that i discovered are details it provided, the necessary steps, and the layout. 2 things that are interesting are the ability to comment for discussion and the use of the blog entires. Does the blog provide help to other researchers?

[|http://www.uschamber.com/] (U.S. Chamber Of Commerce) http://www.ctj.org/ (Citizens For Tax Justice) National Center for Policy Analysis Economic Policy Institute National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform A book called "Low Tax, Simple Tax, Flat Tax," written by economics professors Robert E. Hall and Alvin Rabushka.
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