5. no longer just on the rich and wealthy
TAX WAS IMPOSEDON THE MIDDLE CLASS
6. AT FIRST IT WAS ONLY ON …
Excess earned by employee
over the average cost of living
7. AT FIRST IT WAS ONLY ON …
Excess earned by employee
over the average cost of living
Exemption was provided on the first
income earned, so that average
person could live on their regular
earnings and only tax on excess
which would otherwise goes into
investment.
9. THE GREAT DISCOVERY
# Change in tax law affects behavior of the people.
If government give incentives to
invest in business, many people
would invest in business.
10. THE GREAT DISCOVERY
# Change in tax law affects behavior of the people.
If deduction given to buy books,
more people would buy books.
12. From simple revenue raising vehicle tax law evolves
into the vast array of laws that governed
economic activities of the land.
EVOLUTION
OF TAXATION