Unleash the Power of Your Contribution

It’s Tax Day in the United States, the final day for Americans to file their federal individual income tax returns without penalty.

My accountant is fond of saying, “It’s not the Ides of March that will do you in; it’s forgetting about the Ides of April.”

Ironically, the Ides of March have more to do with Tax Day being April 15 than most realize. Up until the Civil War, federal income tax did not exist in America. President Lincoln introduced a temporary measure in 1862 for the federal governmen...