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Income Tax Trivia
|Tax Attorney · Villanova University School of Law · Admitted in Delaware, New Jersey, United States Tax Court|March 13, 2018|1 min read
Prior to 1943, in an effort to have a regular flow of income to the Treasury to help pay for World War II, paying income tax was on a yearly basis and the government relied on voluntary compliance.
To help people to learn about and pay their taxes, the government turned to popular culture by:
- The cartoon character Donald Duck visited Washington and learned about taxes in a short film called, “The New Spirit”
- Irving Berlin composed a song called, “I Paid My Income Tax Today”
- At club appearances, popular singer Danny Kate included songs about paying taxes
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Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.
Tax Attorney · Villanova University School of Law · Admitted in Delaware, New Jersey, United States Tax Court
Gregory McCauley Jr. is an experienced tax attorney who has personally represented more than 1,000 clients in matters ranging from civil tax controversy and IRS examinations to criminal tax defense, U.S. Tax Court litigation, and complex business disputes. His practice is built on a foundation his c...
