BobRingReflections

I sometimes have trouble coming up with a new blog topic - something I want to know more about.  On April 18 th , it hit me, duh ….!  It’s taxes!  On Tax Day, I decided that I want to know more about taxes; you figure it out.  Anyway, this blog will cover the history of taxation.   After a short introduction, I’ll talk about taxes in ancient times, the Middle Ages, Colonial America, and then cover the history of the myriad of taxes in the United States, leading up to today.  I’ll close with a personal note on paying taxes. My principal sources include “History of Taxes,” taxfoundation.org; “A Brief History of Taxes in the U.S.,” investopedia.com; “History of Taxation,” britannica.com; “A History of Revolution in U.S. Taxation,” visualcapitalist.com; “Tax” and “History of Taxation in the United States,” Wikipedia; and numerous other online sources. Introduction A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or l egal ent