A Christmas Story

Christmas often makes us pause and reflect. Not only on the birth of Christ or the beginning of everything. But also, for example, on the beginning of taxation. We also analyzed a scene from a film.

About birth

Have you ever wondered when and how taxes began? What problems were people trying to solve at that time? It is often useful to go back to the beginning to understand from history what is meant and what would be more appropriate.

Individual sacrifice for the common good

These issues are well described by tax historian F. Grapperhaus in his book …