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Capitation taxes, also known as poll taxes, were initially created in the 1890s. Poll taxes are a fixed tax on individuals, regardless of income; voters must pay the tax before they are permitted to cast a ballot. These taxes were occasionally paired with literacy tests to prove qualification to vote. [3]
Tax rates were 3% on income exceeding $600 and less than $10,000, and 5% on income exceeding $10,000. [8] This tax was repealed and replaced by another income tax in the Revenue Act of 1862. [9] After the war when the need for federal revenues decreased, Congress (in the Revenue Act of 1870) let the tax law expire in 1873. [10]
In 1673, the English Parliament imposed a tax on exports from the American Colonies, and with it created the first tax administration in what would become the United States. [149] Other tariffs and taxes were imposed by Parliament. Most of the colonies and many localities adopted property taxes.
The Sixteenth Amendment, ratified in February 1913, created the federal income tax in America. This form of taxation made the federal government powerful. It was supported by advocates called ...
Tax code changes have dropped millions of lower earning people from the federal income tax rolls in recent decades. Those with zero or negative liability who were not claimed as dependents by a payer increased from 14.8% of the population in 1984 to 49.5% in 2009. [116] [117]
The new tax proposed by Congress in the Revenue Act of 1862 was the first progressive income tax placed on United States residents. This tax reflected the taxpayers' "ability to pay" by separating citizens into multiple categories and taxing accordingly: [10] For U.S. residents whose annual incomes were less than $600, no tax was collected.
A number of taxes have targeted the promotion of marriage and childbearing. They include: Aes uxorium, an ancient Roman tax on unmarried people; Bachelor tax, a general term for punitive taxes on unmarried men; Ehestandshilfe, a Nazi-era tax on unmarried people; Tax on childlessness, Eastern Bloc taxes on childless people
For the current tax year under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, income up to $11,600 is taxed at 10%, and income between $11,601 and $47,150 is taxed at 12%. Income between $47,151 and $100,525 is ...