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December 29, 1943
The Oakwood Press (Oakwood
Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio
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The Dayton Chamber of Commerce proposes simplifying the complex federal income tax form and plans a national crusade with other organizations to urge Congress to act, amid public frustration during wartime taxation.
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Simplification Of Tax Form Asked By City Chamber
At long last there is a revulsion of feeling against what is generally admitted to be the most damnable, most complicated and most asinine complexity ever forced upon the American people -the federal income tax form.
The Dayton Chamber of Commerce, through its committee on taxation, has suggested a simplification of the tax form which not one person in a million can decipher. The chamber has announced that it will ask other commercial organizations to join in a national crusade to compel congress to simplify the form.
"The American people, quite accustomed to all sorts of taxes, do not object to paying heavy taxes for the conduct of the war," said a chamber official to The Press. "But it is inconceivable how such a crazy patchwork of obscure meaning and complications should be evolved and forced upon the taxpayers."
At long last there is a revulsion of feeling against what is generally admitted to be the most damnable, most complicated and most asinine complexity ever forced upon the American people -the federal income tax form.
The Dayton Chamber of Commerce, through its committee on taxation, has suggested a simplification of the tax form which not one person in a million can decipher. The chamber has announced that it will ask other commercial organizations to join in a national crusade to compel congress to simplify the form.
"The American people, quite accustomed to all sorts of taxes, do not object to paying heavy taxes for the conduct of the war," said a chamber official to The Press. "But it is inconceivable how such a crazy patchwork of obscure meaning and complications should be evolved and forced upon the taxpayers."
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Tax Form Simplification
Federal Income Tax
Dayton Chamber
National Crusade
Wartime Taxation
What entities or persons were involved?
Dayton Chamber Of Commerce
Where did it happen?
Dayton
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Key Persons
Dayton Chamber Of Commerce
Location
Dayton
Story Details
The Dayton Chamber of Commerce suggests simplifying the federal income tax form, criticizes its complexity, and plans to rally other organizations for a national crusade to compel Congress to act, noting public acceptance of wartime taxes but frustration with the form's obscurity.