Customers were generally responsible for paying the sales tax to the state themselves if they weren't charged it, but most didn't realize they owed it and few paid.
But fraud harms real people in virtually every case: the employees of Parmalat who lost their jobs, the citizens of Dixon whose taxes subsidized horse breeding, the customers of companies which raise their prices to offset losses.
Since the oracle bones were dated, we have exact details for events like when cities were built, astronomical events; when taxes were raised or paid, when animals and objects were sold and even when marriages were arranged.
Here's why. When you invest in stocks normally, they hopefully grow in value. Each year, you have to pay taxes on the money as it grows. That's tax money that could be making you more money.
Landowners and tradesmen were obliged to stay in their livelihoods so they could not escape their share of the tax burden; in that regard at least Diocletian was an equal opportunity tyrant.
And unlike the residents of all those other states that pay less, they don't get any representation in Congress at all the body that sets their tax rates.
The Buffett rule is named after Warren Buffett, who believes it is unfair that his secretary, who makes far less than he does, pays tax at a higher marginal rate.
The attorney also says Mr. Ashe did not pay U.S. taxes on the money and gifts he received. The gifts were said to include Rolex watches and a private basketball court.
The Cambodia Daily was closed last year after failing to pay millions of dollars in what Prime Minister Hun Sen said were back taxes owed to the government.