Originals
TCJA and MAT
IRS Trivia
"MATs" &"CAMsters"
TAX Rock & Rollisms
100

On September 2, 1789 he became the first Secretary of the Treasury and in 2015 was the title character of a Broadway musical about his life.

Who is Alexander Hamilton

100

These "types" of Methods are not subject to the AFS rule but are governed by their respective code sections.

What are "Special" Methods

100

______ Constitution Avenue is the address of IRS Headquarters in Washington, DC.

What is 1111?


 

100

This football quarterback plays for the Carolina Panthers.. but he should be working in here on CAM issues.

Who is CAM Newton?

100

This 1973 Aerosmith song title epitomized the CCR's repeated OPTOMISTIC revisions to the planned completion date for the proposed regulation publishing.

What is "Dream On"?

200

He was the original CAM Manager.

Who is Ron Pfau? 

200

On September 9, 2019, these two 451 Proposed Regs. were published.

What are Proposed Treas. Regs. 1.451-3 and 1.451-8?

200

This ancient civilization revered the tax professional as the most noble in society.


What is Greece?

“I found my tax code and I see the light.. Why don’t they understand… Greece is the way.. ”

200

This actress starred in the 2000 movie Charlie’s Angels and 1998’s There’s Something about Mary

Who is CAMeron Diaz?

200

This 1966 Beatles song included these lyrics:

"...If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat. If you take a walk.,'ll tax your feet."

What is "Taxman"?

300

The Original CAM Team Coordinator

Who is Bill Quattrucci? He was succeeded by Phil Whitworth

300

One of the  MAT-assigned code sections changed by TCJA section 13102.

What is either IRC 447, 448 or 460?

300

This 3-letter word isn’t just a thick, sticky liquid: It’s the origin for the word “tariff”.

What is "tar"?

300

This actor starred in the title role as Jason Bourne and the lead actor in Good Will Hunting

Who is MATt Damon?

300

Don't have a heart attack-ack-ack. This singer/ song writer wrote these lyrics for his 1977 hit " Moving Out": "You can pay Uncle Sam with the overtime. Is that all you get for your money?"

Who is Billy Joel?

400

Any one of the 4 original full-time SMEs

Who are Kathy Comer, Bob Blustein , Phil Whitworth and Dave Boschetto?

400

 In Schlude vs. CIR, 83 S. Ct.601, income was determined to be reportable at the earliest of due, earned, or received… this was the trade or business of Schlude.

What is a dance studio?

400

In his speech about the “New Nationalism” this former President and member of the Progressive Party proposed a progressive income and inheritance tax. Three years later, the Sixteenth Amendment, authorizing a federal income tax without regard to source, became law.



Who is Teddy Roosevelt? The 1913 tax was progressive: Most people paid no income tax, and the top rate was 7 percent.


400

This SME's name makes him seem to be born to work in CAM but is a Banking Expert in the 3 “R”s

Who is Jeff Kammerman? ("CAM"merman)

400

The artist responsible for these lyrics:"But talk is cheap It takes money to buy your freedom
And the tax man's knockin' on your door
Spend it while you can, money's contraband
You can't take it with you when you go.
Spend it while you can, before it's taken from your hand, there's no free ride in this Carnival World.

Who is Jimmy Buffet?

500

This is the year the original Tax statutes were codified. (The original Tax Code).

What is 1874?  Prior to 1874, U.S. statutes (whether in tax law or other subjects) were not codified. That is, the acts of Congress were not separately organized and published in separate volumes based on the subject matter (such as taxation, bankruptcy, etc.).

500

On December 22, 2017, IRC 451 subsections (b) and (c)  were amended regarding timing of income to address the "AFS rule" and the codification of Rev. Proc. 2004-34. Prior to the amendment these special rules were the subject matter of the "old" IRC 451 (b) & (c).

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What are the special rule in case of death and the special rule for employee tips.

500

For the 2017 tax year (2018 filing season) there were 148,335,127,040 individual tax returns filed, this was the percentage that were electronic filings.

What is 90%? (133,562,140 individual returns)

500

This fictional SNL motivational speaker played by Chris Farley lives in a VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

Who is MATt Foley?

500

The artist responsible for "The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?

Who is Willie Nelson? The album, featuring only Nelson and his guitar, was released by Sony in 1992 to pay Nelson's tax debt with the Internal Revenue Service

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