Author name: jeffhauser

The courts have generally held that direct taxes are restricted to taxes on people (variously called capitation, poll tax or head tax) and property. (Penn Mutual Indemnity Denver. v. C.I.R., 227 F.2d 16, 19-20 (3rd Cir. 1960).) All other taxes are known as “indirect taxes,” as these tax an event, rather than a person or […]