The original tax form, introduced in 1913, only came with one page of instructions, "which would make people very happy," said Nina Olson, taxpayer advocate at the IRS.
Back then, only about 3 percent of the population was subject to the income tax. Today it's 54 percent. Gone is the single page of instructions, with its deductions for losses due to "shipwreck."
Now, the tax code is more than 73,000 pages long. Just figuring out what to pay eats up an estimated 6.1 billion hours of our time each year.
Why do we have to pay taxes in the first place?
Where is the tax bill now on the path to becoming law?
Who is Grover Norquist and what is his pledge?
Where is the tax bill now on the path to becoming law?
Who is Grover Norquist and what is his pledge?
Would you sign it? Why/ not?
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