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  2. Taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    U.S. federal government tax receipts as a percentage of GDP from 1945 to 2015. 2010 to 2015 data are estimated. The federal income tax enacted in 1913 included corporate and individual income taxes. It defined income using language from prior laws, incorporated in the Sixteenth Amendment, as "all income from whatever source derived". The tax ...

  3. Income tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal, State, and Local income tax as a percent GDP Federal income, payroll, and tariff tax history Taxes revenue by source chart history US Capital Gains Taxes history. In 1913, the top tax rate was 7% on incomes above $500,000 (equivalent to $15.4 million [97] in 2023 dollars) and a total of $28.3 million was collected. [98]

  4. List of taxes - Wikipedia

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    Tax Farming is where a government grants persons the right to collect taxes and turn them over to the government. Tax holiday is a policy where certain taxes are not collected for a period of time. Tax-free shopping is a policy where visitors to a country can get their sales taxes or other taxes refunded.

  5. Income tax - Wikipedia

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    An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income). Income tax generally is computed as the product of a tax rate times the taxable income. Taxation rates may vary by type or characteristics of the taxpayer and the type of income.

  6. Direct tax - Wikipedia

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    Income tax: it is the most important direct tax in many developed countries. It is based on incomes of taxpayers. A certain amount of money is taken from the wage of the individuals. When this type of tax is applied to corporations and firms, it is called corporate income tax. Transfer taxes: the most frequent form of transfer taxes is the ...

  7. History of taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Congress enacted an income tax in October 1913 as part of the Revenue Act of 1913, levying a 1% tax on net personal incomes above $3,000, with a 6% surtax on incomes above $500,000. By 1918, the top rate of the income tax was increased to 77% (on income over $1,000,000, equivalent of $16,717,815 in 2018 dollars [24]). The average rate for the ...

  8. Progressivity in United States income tax - Wikipedia

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    When simply comparing Market Income to After Tax Income, due to Government Transfers the Net Federal Tax burden of the median taxpayer has declined from 13.94% in 1979 to -8.76% in 2010 - this metric became negative for the first time in 2008. The CBO report in 2013 shows the share of federal taxes paid by taxpayers of various income levels.

  9. Taxing and Spending Clause - Wikipedia

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    The power to tax is a concurrent power of the federal government and the individual states. [8] The taxation power has been perceived over time to be very broad, but has also, on occasion, been curtailed by the courts. [9] United States v.