Answer: Today, taxes are paid on just about anything that can be bought, sold, traded, earned, inherited, or used. Taxes are levied on income, real estate, inheritances, business ventures, personal investments, retirement income and social security payments, and lottery winnings.
Taxes are charged for highway and road usage, gasoline, oil, and other energy sources, clothes, food, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, telephone, automobiles, and the list goes on and on.