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1995 Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes
1978 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57 percent 1977 IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976 1971 Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes 1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes 1964 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes 1948 U.S. president Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan 1926 Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County 1923 President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st President to pay taxes 1913 Internal Revenue Service begins to levy and collect income taxes 1862 Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco and on incomes over $600 (progressive rate) 1789 Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes" 1768 Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes 1767 British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America 1678 Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes 1639 Dorchester Massachusetts, forms 1st school funded by local taxes 1382 French Maillotin uprises against taxes 1380 French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever 1040 Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes |
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