• The Revenue Act of 1861, formally cited as Act of August 5, 1861, Chap. XLV, 12 Stat. 292, included the first U.S. Federal income tax statute (see Sec...
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  • The Revenue Act of 1862 (July 1, 1862, Ch. 119, 12 Stat. 432), was a bill the United States Congress passed to help fund the American Civil War. President...
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  • one of the Townshend Acts Revenue Act of 1861 Revenue Act of 1862 Revenue Act of 1894, known as the Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act War Revenue Act of 1898...
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  • Day conflicted. Federal income tax was briefly introduced with the Revenue Act of 1861 to help fund the Civil War, and subsequently repealed, re-adopted...
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  • proportion to the Census population of each state. Federal income tax was first introduced under the Revenue Act of 1861 to help pay for the Civil War. It...
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    although Congress had often imposed excise taxes on various goods. The Revenue Act of 1861 had introduced the first federal income tax, but that tax was repealed...
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    The Indian Councils Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 67) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that transformed India's executive council to function...
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    first income tax in the Revenue Act of 1861 to help pay for the American Civil War. Tax resisters come from a wide range of backgrounds with diverse...
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  • United States government issues the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872). The U.S. Army...
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    Another tax was introduced with the Revenue Act of 1861 and Revenue Act of 1862 that heavily taxed the production of spirits leading to an increase in illegal...
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  • tax in 1861. It was part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872). Congress also enacted the Revenue Act of 1862,...
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  • the revenue needs of the Civil War and was quickly raised by the Second Morrill Tariff, or Revenue Act of 1861, later that Fall. In its first year of operation...
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    Hellerstein, p. 928. Hellerstein, p. 431. Revenue Act of 1861, sec. 49, ch. 45, 12 Stat. 292, 309 (Aug. 5, 1861). "Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company"...
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    Revenue Act of 1862, creating the office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue and enacting a temporary income tax to pay war expenses. The Revenue Act...
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  • Poll tax (redirect from Poll Tax Act 1691)
    e., indirect taxes). The Revenue Act of 1861 established the first income tax in the United States, to pay for the cost of the American Civil War. This...
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  • Tracing the Common Roots of Divergent Approaches. Cambridge University Press. pp. 28–29. ISBN 9781139502597. Revenue Act of 1861, sec. 49, ch. 45, 12 Stat...
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    tax. In 1861, Lincoln signed the second and third Morrill Tariffs, following the first enacted by Buchanan. He also signed the Revenue Act of 1861, creating...
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  • government imposed its first personal income tax on 5 August 1861 as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872). Following...
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  • First Battle of Bull Run in July, Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1861, which imposed the first federal income tax in U.S. history. The act created a...
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    States Notes by the Legal Tender Act of 1862, and the ending of slavery in the District of Columbia. The Revenue Act of 1861 introduced the income tax to...
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  • Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Fuller Court)
    passage of the Revenue Act of 1861. The act created a flat tax of three percent on incomes above $800 ($27,100 in current dollar terms). The taxation of income...
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    often listed: The Revenue Act 1767 passed on 29 June 1767. The Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 passed on 29 June 1767. The Indemnity Act 1767 passed on...
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  • Telegraph Act of 1860, Sess. 1, ch. 137, 12 Stat. 41 March 2, 1861: Morrill Tariff, Sess. 2, ch. 68, 12 Stat. 178 August 5, 1861: Revenue Act of 1861, Sess...
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    States Revenue Cutter Service was established by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 175) on 4 August 1790 as the Revenue-Marine upon the recommendation of Secretary...
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    through passage of the Revenue Act of 1861. The act created a flat tax of three percent on incomes above $800 (which was 5.6 times the 1861 nominal gross...
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    President Abraham Lincoln, and replaced the Revenue Act of 1861, which had imposed a flat income tax of 3% on annual incomes above $800. The Sixteenth...
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  • United States government issues the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872). The U.S. Army...
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    John Sherman (category Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio)
    the Revenue Act of 1861, which imposed the first federal income tax in American history. Sherman endorsed the measure, and even spoke in favor of a steeper...
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    The Revenue Act 1766 (6 Geo. 3. c. 52) was an Act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in response to objections raised to the Sugar Act 1763. The...
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    Battle of Bull Run, Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1861, which imposed the first federal income tax in U.S. history. The act created a flat tax of three...
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