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IRS Tax Trivia Challenge
Submitted by Waypoint Accounting on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 17:00
Did you know that the IRS has its own tax trivia section on its website? Here are some sample questions from the Tax Trivia Challenge. Discover how many hours per year citizens spend preparing their taxes, or in what country people must pay a tax on every television set they own! See how well you do by clicking on the links below.
- Which ancient civilization revered the tax professional as the most noble man in society?
- What is a duck stamp, and how much is it worth?
- How many tax returns were filed electronically in the year 2010?
- What was the total amount in refunds that the IRS paid to taxpayers in the year 2010?
- What is the origin of the word "tariff"?
- What was the name Southerners gave to the Tariff of 1828?
- How much do you think the tax on a gold watch was during the Civil War?
- What were the most popular male and female names in 1935?
- How did the government use popular culture and the media to inform people about taxes?
- What phrase describes the way supply-side economics distributes wealth?
- How much do you think it costs taxpayers for each $100 collected by the IRS?
- How much do you think the U.K.'s color TV licensing fee is (in U.S. dollars)?
- What was the top income tax rate during World War I?
- In what year was the Twenty-fourth Amendment ratified?
- About how much money was given to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund from 2009 tax returns?
- How many Americans were out of work during the Great Depression?
- For the year 2009, President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, declared a taxable income of $4,980,858. What was their total liability for that year?
- How many cocoa beans do you think you would need to buy a rabbit from the Aztecs?
- What items were first taxed as a luxury in 1898, at the start of the Spanish-American War, and continue to be taxed today?
- Which issue had the most lobbyists working on it in 1999?
- What was the average annual income in 1913?
- In all, about how many people do you think reported 078-05-1120 as their Social Security number?
- The error rate for a paper return is 21 percent; what do you think the error rate is for an e-file return?
- In medieval Europe, how was a title paid and what was it used for?
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