2000s

9 entries

Bush Tax Cuts 2001

Tax LawEvent2001

The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Rec...

Wesley Snipes

Tax EvasionEvent2008

Actor Wesley Snipes was convicted of three misdemeanor counts of failing to file federal tax returns...

HMRC UK

Tax AdministrationInstitution2005

Her Majestys Revenue and Customs was formed in 2005 from the merger of the Inland Revenue and Custom...

Flat Tax Russia

Tax LawEvent2001

Russia replaced its progressive income tax with a 13 percent flat tax in 2001. The reform was dramat...

Goods and Services Tax Australia

Tax LawEvent2000

Australias Goods and Services Tax was introduced on July 1, 2000, under Prime Minister John Howard. ...

IRS Free File

Tax AdministrationEvent2002

The IRS Free File program was created in 2002 through an agreement between the IRS and the tax prepa...

Carbon Tax British Columbia

Tax LawEvent2008

British Columbia introduced the first revenue neutral carbon tax in North America in 2008. The tax s...

Bush Tax Cut 2008

Tax LawEvent2008

The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 provided tax rebates to approximately 130 million American househo...

Free Tax Filing War

Tax AdministrationEvent2003

The battle over free tax filing in the US has been ongoing for two decades. In 2002, the IRS created...