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Subject:    [freeqt] FW: Interesting Tax Facts
From:       "Davis, Kelly W" <DavisKW () LOUISVILLE ! STORTEK ! COM>
Date:       1999-04-12 19:40:44
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> > Interesting Tax Facts
> >
> > The Gettysburg address is 269 words, the Declaration of Independence
> > is 1,337 words, and the Holy Bible is only 773,000 [I don't 
> know what
> > version the author was referring to] words. However, the tax law has
> > grown from 11,400 words in 1913, to 7 million words today.
> >
> > There are at least 480 different tax forms, each with many pages of
> > instructions.
> >
> > Even the easiest form, the 1040E has 33 pages in instructions, and
> > all in fine print.
> >
> > The IRS sends out 8 billion pages of forms and instructions each
> > year.  Laid end to end, they would stretch 28 times around 
> the earth.
> >
> > Nearly 300,000 trees are cut down yearly to produce the 
> paper for all
> > the IRS forms and instructions.
> >
> > American taxpayers spend $200 billion and 5.4 billion hours working
> > to comply with federal taxes each year, more than it takes 
> to produce
> > every car, truck, and van in the United States.
> >
> > The IRS employs 114,000 people; that's twice as many as the CIA and
> > five times more than the FBI.
> >
> > 60% of taxpayers must hire a professional to get through their own
> > return.
> >
> > Taxes eat up 38.2% of the average family's income; that's more than
> > for food, clothing and shelter combined.
> >
> > -=+=-
> 
> 

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