For Tax Years Ending on or After December 31, Form

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Hi I’m Adriene Hill, this is Crash Course Economics, and today we’re going to talk about taxes. We’re going to talk about why we have taxes, what they do for us, and why you should go ahead and take that raise that’s going to bump you into the next tax bracket. Also rebellions. And the British Empire’s bad judgement when it came to taxing colonies. [Theme Music] While your struggles with taxes and the tax code may seem particularly unpleasant to you today, people have been paying, and complaining, about taxes for a long time. Way longer than any of us have been alive. Or our parents. Or our grandparents. Ancient Mesopotamians paid taxes in the form of livestock and labor. There are ancient Egyptians texts and tomb scenes showing evidence of taxes, tax collectors, and even tax shelters. Taxation and tax collectors also show up in Bible – over and over. Taxes appear in scripture as a necessity, like: “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s” And tax c