An Inconvenient Tax is a 2009 documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 produced by Life Is My Movie Entertainment

Life Is My Movie Entertainment

Life Is My Movie Entertainment is a U.S. based independent production company.Life Is My Movie Entertainment, founded in 2001, has been producing thoughtful, innovative independent films and documentaries for over a decade...

An Inconvenient Tax explores the history of the income tax

Income tax

An income tax is a tax levied on the income of individuals or businesses . Various income tax systems exist, with varying degrees of tax incidence. Income taxation can be progressive, proportional, or regressive. When the tax is levied on the income of companies, it is often called a corporate...

 in the United States and the causes of its many complexities. The film follows
the tax through wars, economic booms, and significant presidencies in U.S. history. Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...

, Ron Paul

Ron Paul

Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...

, Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes

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, Joseph Thorndike, Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee

Michael "Mike" Dale Huckabee is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries, finishing second in delegate count and third in both popular vote and number of states won . He won...

,
Charles Rossotti, David Walker

David Walker

-Musicians:* Dave Walker , British musician, member of the band Fleetwood Mac* David Walker , American opera singer* David Walker , American singer of Southern Gospel music...

, Neal Boortz

Neal Boortz

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, Herman Cain

Herman Cain

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, Michael Graetz, Daniel Shaviro, Leonard Burman, and others discuss perceived problems
in the American tax code, and also suggest possible changes.

During the fall of 2008 the producers of An Inconvenient Tax opened a vent hotline allowing for everyday citizens to voice their opinions and
possibly get their thoughts featured in the movie.

An Inconvenient Tax was officially released on Tax Day—April 15, 2010; however, it is unclear whether any theaters have actually shown the movie, as the few showings listed on the film's website all appear to be private screenings.

See also

• Consumption Tax
  Consumption tax
  A consumption tax is a tax on spending on goods and services. The tax base of such a tax is the money spent on consumption. Consumption taxes are usually indirect, such as a sales tax or a value added tax...
  
  
• FairTax
  FairTax
  The FairTax is a tax reform proposal for the federal government of the United States that would replace all federal taxes on personal and corporate income with a single broad national consumption tax on retail sales. The Fair Tax Act would apply a tax once at the point of purchase on all new goods...
  
  
• Income Tax
  Income tax
  An income tax is a tax levied on the income of individuals or businesses . Various income tax systems exist, with varying degrees of tax incidence. Income taxation can be progressive, proportional, or regressive. When the tax is levied on the income of companies, it is often called a corporate...
  
  
• IRS
• Tax Analysts
  Tax Analysts
  Tax Analysts is a nonprofit publisher of weekly magazines and daily online journals on tax policy and administration. Tax Analysts also promotes transparency in tax policymaking and holds regular conferences on key tax issues.-History:Thomas F...
  
  
• Tax Policy Center
  Tax Policy Center
  The Tax Policy Center is a non-partisan joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution. Based in Washington D.C., it aims to provide independent analyses of current and longer-term tax issues and to communicate its analyses to the public and to policymakers in a timely and...
  
  
• Tax Reform
  Tax reform
  Tax reform is the process of changing the way taxes are collected or managed by the government.Tax reformers have different goals. Some seek to reduce the level of taxation of all people by the government. Some seek to make the tax system more progressive or less progressive. Some seek to simplify...
  
  
• Value Added Tax
  Value added tax
  A value added tax or value-added tax is a form of consumption tax. From the perspective of the buyer, it is a tax on the purchase price. From that of the seller, it is a tax only on the "value added" to a product, material or service, from an accounting point of view, by this stage of its...
  
  

External links

• An Inconvenient Tax Official website