By Lou Carlozo, dealnews contributor
If death and taxes represent two of life's certainties, then articles about taxes in the days leading up to
April 15 come in a close third. And in this one, we've
crunched the tax day numbers with enough exactitude to make your accountant jealous. Better yet, you don't need a sharp pencil or calculator to make sense of
the facts and figures — past and present — that surround Uncle Sam's mandate.