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Crossword Puzzle in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Revenue Act of 1913

Author: Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC

Date: October 1, 2013

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Myles Mellor presented this crossword puzzle to Tax Note Today yesterday in honor of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Internal Revenue Code. As you may know our federal tax code was born as a result of the 16th amendment to our constitution and it’s having its 100th birthday March 31.

Let’s see how many you get correct!

UPDATE: When you’re ready, HERE is a link to the solutions!

Across

1 Revenue aka tariff, in 1913

3 Demographic segment not affected by the initial introduction of income tax

6 Represent (2 words)

10 Put your ___ in, add comments and opinions even when not asked for

11 Victory

13 Oft-repeated Republican demand in relation to taxes

14 Latish lunch hour

16 Dodging Uncle Sam

17 “Cogito” follower, therefore in law

19 Congressman who introduced the first modern income tax bill

21 It’s taxed a lot in Vegas

23 Credit card initials

24 Mark Antony wanted it lent

26 Conditions

29 Hall-Rabushka tax type

31 Applications

32 Tough tax stand, ___ Tea Party (2 words)

33 IRS enforcement options

34 Quibble

37 Harvard deg.

40 Very rich

42 Chip or sky

44 1913 amendment

48 “Gronk” is a famous one, abbr.

49 Bar tenders?

53 His opposition to the 1913 constitutional amendment didn’t fly

54 __LA, Berkeley, etc.

55 Most heavily taxed demographic

57 Wilson demanded it for tariffs

58 40 go-with

59 Those in favor

Down

1 Number cruncher

2 Added up

3 “Bull Moose” Party

4 Have back taxes

5 Smallest st.

7 Socialist’s distinction but a lawyer likes to win with it

8 Oft-stated goal of taxation

9 Tax-cutting Gipper, first name for short

12 FDR program (2 words)

15 Impatient demand

18 Scold severely

20 Mistaken

22 Formerly the Bureau of Internal Revenue

25 Poet Housman’s initials

27 Peyton’s little brother

28 Snitch

30 Iceberg feature, figuratively in an investigation

31 Unjustified

35 10 of them are about 6.2 mi.

36 Preliminary hearing transcript, for short

38 Accepted the bait

39 Issue pink slips

40 Government collection

41 Top baseball player who had to settle tax evasion charges in the ’90s

43 Like some blows

45 Tax increases

46 Bit of dirty campaigning

47 Slice some fat off the budget

50 Perfect service in court?

51 Get the facts wrong

52 Gamecocks’ state

53 To taper or not to taper, first name

56 Height, for short

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