The golden egg
Subtitle: the personal income tax--where it came from, how it grew
By: by Gerald Carson.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Income tax -- United States -- History
Description: Details the strange and devious history of income taxation and examines its ideology, demonology and folklore. Describes the rise and decline and higher rise of the income tax, telling tales of loopholes closed and new ones opened, of deductions disallowed and tax shelters upheld, of evaders, avoiders, and those who are just plain bewildered by what has become the biggest business of the United States--the IRS.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.