Before the Amendment that changed things, the federal government could only levy the tax on the States — and they did that per capita (by population). The States were left to figure out how to raise the required amount owed.
Okay. I get it now. It was confusing to me. I thank you boys.
1861 – First Federal personal income tax (a war time tax to help pay for the Civil War).
1894 – First Federal peacetime personal income tax (imposed by the Democrats in Congress) as initially advocated by the Socialist Labor Party in 1887.
1913 – The Sixteenth Amendment (passed by a Republican Congress, and ratified by all the states of the time except Virginia, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Utah. Florida and Pennsylvania refused to even consider the Sixteenth Amendment).
Gotta love those progressives.
The Federal Reserve Act was passed Just before Christmas in 1913 also !!!
Thus *The Income Tax* and the *Federal Reserve* were passed together and two Complimentary pillars of Progressivist Control were established. And American finances have deteriorated esp wrt inflation on one hand and wealth /property confiscation ever since.
Um, I thought taxes began to be attained after the Revolutionary War to cover military debt and expenses.
Kells,
It wasn’t levied on the individual based on income.
1913 INCOME TAX enacted http://news.yahoo.com/yes-100-years-ago-wound-113608478.html
I found an interesting article as well: http://www.taxhistory.org/www/website.nsf/Web/THM1777 It doesn’t seem to be very specific.
Before the Amendment that changed things, the federal government could only levy the tax on the States — and they did that per capita (by population). The States were left to figure out how to raise the required amount owed.
Okay. I get it now. It was confusing to me. I thank you boys.
1861 – First Federal personal income tax (a war time tax to help pay for the Civil War).
1894 – First Federal peacetime personal income tax (imposed by the Democrats in Congress) as initially advocated by the Socialist Labor Party in 1887.
1913 – The Sixteenth Amendment (passed by a Republican Congress, and ratified by all the states of the time except Virginia, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Utah. Florida and Pennsylvania refused to even consider the Sixteenth Amendment).
Gotta love those progressives.
The Federal Reserve Act was passed Just before Christmas in 1913 also !!!
Thus *The Income Tax* and the *Federal Reserve* were passed together and two Complimentary pillars of Progressivist Control were established. And American finances have deteriorated esp wrt inflation on one hand and wealth /property confiscation ever since.