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Archive: April 2017 (2 Posts)

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The First Form 1040

Posted by: Jim Martin

Today is the deadline for filing returns for personal income taxes for 2016. The current federal income tax can be traced back to the Revenue Act of 1913, which was passed after the ratification, by the states, of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. The act provided that taxes on individual taxpayers would be imposed beginning …

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Law and LGM (Little Green Men), Part 1.

Posted by: Jim Martin

In this column, regarding literature, and in a later one also discussing film and television, I propose to “explore strange new worlds…” by looking at how law and lawyers have been treated in science fiction and fantasy.  It may seem that law and lawyers are not often covered in these genres, and it is true …