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...most cases, ignorance of the law is no excuse. But the U.S. Supreme Court made a rare exception last week, when it ruled that individuals may not be convicted of federal criminal tax violations if they sincerely believe they are exempt from income tax laws. The 6-to-2 decision set aside the one-year prison sentence and five years of probation imposed on American Airlines pilot John Cheek, who filed no returns for six years. Cheek's defense: he claimed that his salary was not taxable under the IRS code because he believed only gains or profits are income...
...salted peanuts cost more than unsalted ones? Because the former is deemed a taxable snack, while the latter is a grocery -- and thus exempt from Canada's new 7% goods-and-services tax. A six-pack of yogurt and a dozen oranges are tax-free at the corner grocery, but one of each gets hit when bought in a cafeteria line. Self-employed workers earning less than $30,000 a year don't have to collect and pay the tax at all, so a wash-and-set at the hairdresser could cost $10.70 in one chair and only...
However, he never makes clear why educated, middle-class people have this advantage. Most do not have much more political pull, at least not enough to exempt them from service on a mass basis. And I doubt that Larew would suggest that the poor are not intelligent enough to save their own lives...
...Chamber of Commerce, backed by a large group of city businesses and developers--including Harvard--supported a series of amendments that, among other things, would exempt employee and student parking...
...major loophole of the ordinance is a stipulation that allows any establishment to avoid installing vending machines simply by requesting an exemption in writing. Cambridge public schools will be automatically exempt from the ordinance...