How many amongst us count our tax returns? The truth is, hardly if any. In the eyes of the government, not all income sources are treated equally. For example, when you are working for your coworkers as an employee and you duly pay your taxes at the end of the 12 month period. This has been going on for very many years. The amount of taxes paid is noticeable to as the same each year (give and take). Therefore, it look as though all the things earned income are going to be taxed equally each. ...