COPING WITH THE TAX MAN! - Ronald D Kelly - May 1984

Ronald D Kelly

The government requires you to pay taxes. But what about your obligation to God? Few subjects animate our conversation more than taxes. We've learned to live with them, but not without a great deal of grumbling, complaining and opinion about how high taxes are and how the government is spending them. In the United States the annual taxation ritual takes place in April about the time many of our readers are receiving this issue of The Plain Truth. American taxpayers assemble all their records to calculate whether they have paid enough to, or overpaid, Uncle Sam. Books and magazine articles appear by the dozens to assist taxpayers in the preparation of their forms- a process that may take hours, even days. In nations of the democratic world, taxes are the most important means of financing government and providing services for the people. Taxes are assessed on a percentage of income-generally on an increasing scale. The higher the family income, the greater percentage the government takes in taxes. Most people feel the government taxes too much. But many governments are economically falling further and further behind and often resort to increased taxation in order to meet national obligations. The vicious cycle continues. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library