Bavarian Couple Sue German Government Over Reunification Tax
23rd August 2019
It’s amazing how many ’emergency’ taxes become effectively permanent.
In the U.S., the Federal government in 1898 established an excise tax on long-distance telephone calls to help pay for the Spanish-American War.
Since 2006, after litigation, the tax is no longer collected … because the way telephone services are billed no longer falls within the definition in the statute. It remains, however, on the books.