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Who started personal income tax?

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  • by Laura Agadoni on March 16th, 2010

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    Congress enacted the first income tax law in 1862 in order to provide funding for the Civil War. It was eliminated 10 years later. But, in 1913, income tax was made permanent by the 16th Amendment to the Constitution.

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    Fair Tax: About the Fair Tax

    Info Please: History of the Income Tax in the United States

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