2015 Event Greece and its creditors agree to a bailout of up to 86 billion euros in exchange for economic reforms to include changes to the pension system and tax laws; the Greek Parliament must still approve the deal 2015 Event Hackers steal personal data for about 100,000 taxpayers after breaking into a U.S. Internal Revenue Service system that allows taxpayers to retrieve previous tax returns; the data can be used to file tax refund claims and commit identity theft 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address, promoting free community college education, increased capital gains taxes on the rich, more paid time off for employees, and greater tax credits for the middle class 2014 Event The European Commission (EC) is examining the tax status of Fiat in Luxembourg; Starbucks in the Netherlands; and Apple in Ireland to identify potential unfair tax advantages; the companies say they are in compliance with financial laws 2014 Event Credit Suisse has pled guilty to criminal charges of assisting U.S. customers in tax fraud and evasion; however, the Swiss government will not allow the bank to cooperate with the U.S. government's request for the names of those customers 2013 Event Ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expelled from parliament due to his tax fraud conviction 2013 Event Individuals from the Imperial Petroleum company in Indianapolis, Indiana, face charges for the largest tax and securities fraud scheme in Indiana history 2013 Event In the midst of an increasing industrial slowdown, China institutes business tax breaks and export liberalization in an effort to boost its economic growth 2013 Event George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, announces that G7 finance ministers and central bankers agree that coordinate action should be taken against tax evaders 2013 Event Germany, France, and nine other countries within the EU await approval from EU Finance Ministers to institute the Tobin tax, a tax on financial transactions 2013 Event After pleading guilty to a U.S. case of tax evasion, Wegelin and Co., the oldest bank in Switzerland, closes; the bank faces a fine of $57.8 million 2012 Event The Constitutional Council of France strikes down a plan to impose a 75 percent marginal income tax rate on the wealthy, calling the 'supertax' unconstitutional and unfair 2012 Event In Haiti, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced plans to pay for a new education fund with a new 'sin' tax on alcohol, cigarettes and gambling 2012 Event Liliane Bettencourt, French L'Oreal heiress, sells D'Arros Island to pay tax bills for $60 million 2012 Event A Beijing court announces it will hear artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, held and gagged on tax evasion charges by the People's Republic of China 2012 Event In Illinois, a Cook County Circuit Court rules that the tax Amazon.com levied on Internet businesses by the U.S. state of Illinois is unconstitutional 2012 Event Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne reveals the 2012 British budget which cuts the top rate of income tax 2012 Event French President Nicolas Sarkozy presents an economic reform package that increases taxes and proposes a new tax on financial transactions 2011 Event A bill extending a payroll tax extension and a bill expediting the Keystone XL pipeline between Canada and Texas is passed by the U.S. House of Representatives 2011 Event Senior politician Norman Moore calls upon Western Australia to consider secession over carbon tax and Minerals Resource Rent Tax 2011 Event Australia's Prime Minster Julia Gillard introduces details of plan to implement a carbon tax 2011 Event In efforts to fund rising social security costs, the Government of Japan plans to double its sales tax over four years 2011 Event Pro- and anti-carbon tax rallies are attended by thousands in Sydney, Australia 2011 Event The United Kingdom raises its value-added tax to 20% from 17.5%, its highest rate ever 2010 Event U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner declares his interest in allowing the set of tax cuts in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 to expire at the end of 2010 1997 Event Artist Peter Max pleads guilty to tax fraud and time served 1997 Event Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion 1994 Event Darryl Strawberry pleads not guilty on tax evasion charges 1994 Event Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges 1994 Event Singer Percy Sledge pleads guilty to tax evasion 1992 Event New Jersey senate overrides Governor Florio's veto and lowers sales tax to 6% 1992 Event Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion 1992 Event Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion 1992 Event IRS and Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M) 1991 Event 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in U.S.S.R. 1990 Event Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise 1990 Event Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion 1990 Event Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway 1990 Event Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws 1988 Event Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud 1988 Event Senate votes for major federal tax code changes 1986 Event Senate joins House of Representatives voting for sweeping tax reforms 1986 Event House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E. Claiborne on tax evasion 1986 Event U.S. Senate approves tax reform 1983 Event Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students 1982 Event Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud 1982 Event Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion 1982 Event Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion 1980 Event Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $20,000 1979 Event Chuck Berry sentenced to 4 months for $200,000 in tax evasion 1979 Event Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion, sentenced to 4 months 1979 Event Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion 1974 Death Pieter Y Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer, dies at 95 1973 Event Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion and resigns 1973 Event George Harrison pays 1,000,000 pounds tax on his Bangladesh concert and album 1970 Death Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect (Wibautstrat tax office), dies 1966 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional 1964 Event Amendment 24 outlaws poll tax 1964 Event 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections 1957 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase 1956 Event France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria 1955 Birthday Evan Bayh, born in Shirkieville, Indiana, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from Indiana, 46th Governor of Indiana, implemented a historic $1.6 billion tax cut for Indiana 1953 Event California introduces sales tax, for education 1948 Event 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax 1948 Birthday Wally Tax, Dutch guitarist 1943 Event "Pay-as-you-go" - 1st withholding tax from paychecks 1943 Event U.S. income tax withholding paycheck deductions authorized 1932 Event U.S. Federal gas tax enacted 1932 Event Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary 1931 Event Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion 1930 Event Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax 1927 Event Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax 1921 Event West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax 1921 Event Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax 1920 Birthday Leona Helmsley, born in New York, billionaire hotel operator, real estate investor, convicted of tax evasion 1919 Event Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon) 1917 Event Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations 1913 Event Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%) 1913 Event Federal income tax takes effect, 16th amendment 1913 Event 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax 1913 Event 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified 1909 Event 16th Amendment approved, power to tax incomes 1894 Event Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court 1892 Birthday Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect, tax office Wibautstraat, Amsterdam 1891 Event Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname 1879 Birthday Pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer 1871 Event U.S. income tax repealed 1871 Event Belgium disbands salt tax 1869 Event Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed 1868 Event 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes 1868 Event Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax 1867 Event Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university 1862 Event Federal tax levied on tobacco 1862 Event U.S. government collects its 1st income tax 1862 Event 1st U.S. income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000) 1861 Event U.S. levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800) 1851 Event Window tax abolished in Britain 1851 Event Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends 1846 Event Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance 1846 Event Residency tax on Jews of Hungary abolished 1820 Event Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50 1813 Event Tax revolt in Amsterdam 1799 Event Income Tax introduced in UK 1798 Event 1st direct federal tax on states-on dwellings, land and slaves 1787 Event French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax 1765 Event People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax 1765 Event Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists 1751 Event France sets plan to tax clergymen 1750 Event Tax revolt in Gorinchem 1750 Event Tax revolt in Haarlem, Netherlands 1731 Event Dutch people revolt against meat tax 1726 Event People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax 1722 Event Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards 1714 Event People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar, Netherlands 1698 Event Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards 1680 Event Tax revolt on Terschelling due to tax on cereal 1680 Event Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal 1634 Event English King Charles I disbands new "Ship Money" tax 1525 Event Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch
