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	Form 5471 is Information Return of U.S. Persons With Respect to Certain Foreign Corporations Report information with respect to certain foreign corporations. A domestic partnership may have to file Form 5471 if it: Controls a foreign corporation; or Acquires, disposes of, or owns 5% or more in value of the outstanding stock of a foreign corporation; or Owns stock in a corporation that is a controlled foreign corporation for an uninterrupted period of 30 days or more during any tax year of the foreign corporation, and it owned that stock on the last day of that year.

Tax Law is divided into both Federal Tax and State Tax, and involves the taxation of income and property acquired through personal and professional efforts. In addition to income tax, there is sales tax, gift tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax, property tax, and a myriad of other areas of tax.

	Tax collections shown for various States
	Amounts include adjustments to prior years made in Fiscal Year 2004. This could produce negative amounts of collections shown in the table.However, in a given fiscal year, refunds relating to prior fiscal years may be issued and subsequently recorded, and, therefore, the total refund amount may exceed the collection amount [Money amounts are in thousands of dollars.] in Massachusetts Total Internal Revenue collections [2] 59,060,000 Corporation income tax [3] 3,955,703 Total [4,5] 53,699,352 Income tax not withheld and SECA tax [4,5] 9,415,858 Income tax withheld and FICA tax [4] 44,070,312 Railroad retirement tax 48,918 Unemployment insurance tax 164,264 Estate Tax 901,152 Gift Tax 34,859 Excise Taxes[2] 468,935 Source: Data 2004, Chief Financial Officer, Revenue Financial Management

Federal Income tax became law in 1913 when the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. While some states do not have an income tax, all residents and citizens of the United States are subject to federal income tax. The more assets an individual owns, unfortunately, the more complicated the tax law becomes.

Congress writes the tax laws, which become part of the tax code. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is charged with interpreting the tax code. The IRS is a branch of the U.S. Treasury Department, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., and is ruled by a commissioner appointed by the President. Regional commissioners and district directors, also political appointees, oversee IRS operations.

Our Massachusetts Taxation Lawyers are willing to work for you. They can explain in detail the complex state and federal tax laws that affect you and your case. If you expect a high standard of quality from your legal representatives, then our Massachusetts Taxation Lawyers are the lawyers for you.

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Massachusetts Audio & Video         Senate Republicans Seek End to Estate Tax AUDIO, RM, 44Kbps, 7:08, 7/28/2005 The Senate is expected to vote this week on a proposal to repeal the estate tax. The tax has been in place for nearly a century. But times have changed and estate tax opponents are predicting victory Source: NPR

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