Legal Definition and Related Resources of Income Tax

A tax on income . The federal government and the States have such a tax both as to corporations and individuals. The tax is computed on either a fiscal or calendar year, at the taxpayer ‘s election . See Tax.

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Income Tax in Historical Law

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English Spanish Translation of Income tax

impuesto sobre el ingreso (la renta)

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Income tax in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of income tax.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Income Tax in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term income tax into Spanish: impuesto sobre la renta (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

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• income tax in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• income tax in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Corporate Income Tax in the Economic Activity

An introductory concept of Corporate Income Tax may be: a tax based on the income, or profit, received by a corporation

United States Tax Concept of Income Tax

Tax on both earned income, i.e. salaries, wages, tips, and commissions – and unearned income, i.e. interest from savings accounts, dividend, and rents, etc. This is the main source of revenue for the U.S. Government and many states. The U.S. imposed a temporary income tax during the Civil War and the system became permanent with the adoption of the 16th amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1913. Since 1919 most U.S. states have adopted the tax, as have several cities, beginning with Philadelphia in 1939.

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• Income Distribution
• Bankruptcy
• Inequality