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The original Equality Act was developed by U.S. Representatives Bella Abzug (D-NY) and Ed Koch (D-NY) in 1974. The Equality Act of 1974 (H.R. 14752 of the 93rd Congress) sought to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and marital status in federally assisted programs, housing sales, rentals, financing, and brokerage ...
P.L. 113-295 Enacted 12/19/14 Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014; Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2014; Stephen Beck, Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 P.L. 114-10 Enacted 04/16/15 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
The difference in the growth of real income of the top 1% and the bottom 20% of Americans was 257%. The average increase in real, after-tax income for all U.S. households during this time period was 62% which is slightly below the real, after-tax income growth rate of 65% experienced by the top 20% of wage earners, not accounting for the top 1%.
In 1980, in-kind benefits and employer and government spending on health insurance accounted for just 6% of the after-tax incomes of households in the middle one-fifth of the distribution. By 2010 these in-kind income sources represented 17% of middle class households' after-tax income. Post-tax income items are increasing faster than pre-tax ...
The federal government had also adopted an income tax in the Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act, but that tax had been struck down by the Supreme Court in the case of Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. The Revenue Act of 1913 imposed a one percent tax on incomes above $3,000, with a top tax rate of six percent on those earning more than $500,000 per ...
Income Tax Act 1976, a Statute of New Zealand; Income Tax Act 1985, an Act governing income taxes in Canada since 1917, with the current version enacted in 1985. The Income-tax Act, 1961, an Act of the Parliament of India; Individual Income Tax Act of 1944, an Act raising income tax in the United States
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a United States labor law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see gender pay gap). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963, by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program. [ 3 ]
The Act also provided that the IRS cannot seize a personal residence to satisfy a liability of $5,000 or less. The Act provides for changes in the due process rights afforded to taxpayers after the filing of a notice of Federal tax lien. The IRS was also required by the Act to follow certain guidelines in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.