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| Articles about Tax Freedom Day |
| Happy Tax Freedom Day Czech Republic | | 2008-06-05 23:00:00 | | To Americans who complain about high taxes in the U.S. I say, "it can always be worse." While American taxpayers celebrated Tax Freedom Day this year on April 23rd, our friends at the Liberal Institute in Prague have announced that Tax Freedom Day will arrive on June 7th in the Czech Republic. http://www.praguemonitor.com/en/351/czech_national_news/23770/ For those keeping score at home, this means that Czech citizens will have worked 158 days into the year to pay all of their taxes, 3 days earlier than last year. By contrast, U.S. citizens worked 123 days into 2008 to pay all of their tax bills.According to LI, Czech citizens also worked nearly a month longer than their neighbors in the Slovak Republic, who celebrated Tax Freedom Day on May 11.The concept of Tax Freedom Day was originated by Florida businessman Dallas Hostetler in 1948. [At that time, the Tax Foundation published a similar, but less catchy, concept called "The Tax Bite in the Eight Hour Day"]. When | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Tax Freedom Day Finally Arrives in Connecticut | | 2008-05-07 23:00:00 | | Residents of the Constitution State celebrate Tax Freedom Day today, after a very long wait. Connecticut's Tax Freedom Day is the latest in the nation, and significantly later than the notional Tax Freedom Day of April 23. The earliest state Tax Freedom Day this year, back on March 29, was celebrated in Alaska. Residents of Connecticut are acutely aware of their high tax burden. We came across a blog post about the state's late Tax Freedom Day on a website called CtTaxed.com. Here's an excerpt:Ok, Connecticut you get to start working for your family and yourself today. Today is Tax Freedom Day, it's the day were you've finally worked enough to pay all your Federal, State and Local taxes.We in Connecticut have the honour of working longer than any other state in the Union to pay our fair share. We work till May 08th.How ironic that Tax Freedom Day and the end of the CT Legislature Session coincide. Coincidence? I think NOT!Other states where citizens wait unusually | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Tax Freedom Day® on the Blogosphere | | 2008-04-26 23:00:00 | | Our new Tax Freedom Day® video has received over 15,000 views on YouTube, one of the most viewed this week, and has received some attention in the blogosphere: Reason.tv: A commenter asks, "Wait, they want to tax freedom now, too?"National Review Online: "For the rest of us, here's the super-cool YouTube video. I dare you to watch it without laughing."Tax Prof Blog: "Check out the Tax Freedom Day® song"Discarded Lies: "An amusing little ditty that I found quite enjoyable."Tax Guru: "The Tax Foundation has calculated that this year's Tax Freedom Day is tomorrow, April 23. They've produced an entertaining and informative video on what this means."Crainium.net: "I've been waiting all year for this."National Taxpayers Union: "In tribute to your hard work and dedication, the Tax Foundation has a song for you."My Venture Pad: "So after today, we can finally start keeping all our paychecks.If only! Unfortuna | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
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| Tax Freedom Day in the News | | 2008-04-22 23:00:00 | | Happy Tax Freedom Day!Today is Tax Freedom Day, and our experts have been busy all day giving radio, TV, and print interviews. Every year Tax Freedom Day receives extensive media coverage, both at the national level and in the states. Following are just a few of the recent articles and interviews that have addressed Tax Freedom Day. Audio (MP3): Tax Foundation Senior Economist Gerald Prante discusses Tax Freedom Day on Wills & Snyder in the Morning, WTAM, in Cleveland, OhioAudio (link to website): Tax Foundation Senior Economist Gerald Prante discusses Tax Freedom Day on The Andrea Shea King Show, BlogTalkRadioCNN Money: "Pay off your tax bill—in 113 days"Yahoo! News: "Tax freedom day 3 days earlier in 2008"Investor's Business Daily editorial: "Not Free Yet"Cato@Liberty, the blog of the Cato Institute, on Tax Freedom DayInvestopedia® article on Tax Freedom Day | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Earth Day, Elections, Tax Freedom Day Thoughts | | 2008-04-22 09:43:00 | | With today being Earth Day and Election Day (here in Pennsylvania) and tomorrow being Tax Freedom Day, I just felt that it was time to sit down and evaluate how making your own wine and beer relates to all 3 days.Earth Day - The biggest thing this Earth Day is the climate changes and our carbon footprint. Personally, I'm still not sure on the whole global warming/climate change thing but carbon footprinting is something that I can see. If possible, you should grow as many of the ingredients for your wines and beers. Hops and grapes are rather easy to grow and harvest and will cut down on use of fossil fuels (harvesting and transportation). Another benefit is that you can control the amount of chemicals that go on into your beer or wine.Election Day - It is our duty as a good citizen to vote on election day. Today our problems are a lot more complex and laws making wine and beer and nowhere on the candidate's radar. But a little over 200 years ago, it was a major issue in Western P | | By: Making Homemade Wine and Beer | | |
| | Tax Freedom Day Makes Us Feel Like Singing: View the New Tax Freedom Day Video | | 2008-04-21 23:00:00 | | Most people have heard of Tax Freedom Day by now. For the few who haven't, Tax Freedom Day is the day on which Americans have earned enough money to pay all their federal, state and local taxes for the year. On Tax Freedom Day, we have earned enough to pay the government and we can finally start keeping our paychecks for ourselves and our families. It's a great way to illustrate how much the nation as a whole pays in taxes. We also calculate a Tax Freedom Day for each state.In 2008, Tax Freedom Day falls on April 23, which means Americans must work from January 1 until April 23—nearly a third of the year—just to pay taxes. That's more than we spend on food, clothing and housing combined.Every year we publish a report explaining what Tax Freedom Day is all about and how we calculate it. The report is available here (if you'd like a hard copy, just send us an e-mail with your name and address) and a paper explaining the methodology is available here. This year, in addition to | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
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| Tax Freedom Day: A Different Kind of Labor Day | | 2007-09-01 07:00:00 | | As Americans prepare to celebrate the Labor Day and enjoy their day away from work, it is worth reflecting on how we spend the fruits of our labor—in particular, how much we spend on government in the form of taxes. Of course, Labor Day is not intended to have anything to do with reelection on tax burdens (click here for a history of the holiday from the Department of Labor). But any serous discussion of Americans' work should take into account the benefits we gain from working, including the ability to support ourselves and the ability to support our government—with the latter sometimes interfering with the former. Every year we calculate Tax Freedom Day, the day on which the nation has earned enough income to pay its total tax bill—federal, state and local. This year, Americans worked until April 30—32.7% of the year—just to pay taxes. That equals two hours and 35 minutes out of every eight-hour workday. That's longer than we worked to pay for food, cl | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Tax Freedom Day and Morality | | 2007-05-02 07:00:00 | | The Tax Foundation has calculated Tax Freedom Day since the early 1970s, and we thought we had seen every possible criticism of it since. Turns out we were way off. Professor Thad Williamson of the University of Richmond caught us off guard with his bizarre critique of "freedom." ["No Taxes Would Mean No Prosperity," Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 30, 2007. Also linked to on the Tax Prof Blog.] He is offended at the very notion that Americans might consider taxes to be a heavy burden, and that we might celebrate when we've finally earned enough to pay them. In his world, Americans don't fund government to safeguard their rights so that individuals can earn their own living. Instead, government rightly appropriates as much of our so-called earnings as it needs to build an economy that we mooch off. The reason we have no moral claim to our pre-tax income is that that very income is made possible not simply by our personal efforts, but by our participation in a | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
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