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  2. Internal Revenue Service - Wikipedia

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    e. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory tax law. It is an agency of the Department of the Treasury and led by the Commissioner of Internal ...

  3. Commissioner of Internal Revenue - Wikipedia

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    www.irs.gov. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is the head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), [1] an agency within the United States Department of the Treasury. [2] The office of Commissioner was created by Congress as part of the Revenue Act of 1862. [3] Section 7803 of the Internal Revenue Code [4] provides for the appointment of a ...

  4. Capital gains tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    e. In the United States, individuals and corporations pay a tax on the net total of all their capital gains. The tax rate depends on both the investor's tax bracket and the amount of time the investment was held. Short-term capital gains are taxed at the investor's ordinary income tax rate and are defined as investments held for a year or less ...

  5. IRS tax forms - Wikipedia

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    Main article: Form 1040. As of the 2018 tax year, Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, is the only form used for personal (individual) federal income tax returns filed with the IRS. In prior years, it had been one of three forms (1040 [the "Long Form"], 1040A [the "Short Form"] and 1040EZ - see below for explanations of each) used for ...

  6. Form 1040 - Wikipedia

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    Form 1040, officially, the U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, is an IRS tax form used for personal federal income tax returns filed by United States residents. The form calculates the total taxable income of the taxpayer and determines how much is to be paid to or refunded by the government. Income tax returns for individual calendar-year ...

  7. Tax Day - Wikipedia

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    April 15 (Wednesday) In the United States, Tax Day is the day on which individual income tax returns are due to be submitted to the federal government. [3] Since 1955, Tax Day has typically fallen on or just after April 15. Tax Day was first introduced in 1913, when the Sixteenth Amendment was ratified. The date is delayed if it conflicts with ...

  8. History of taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of taxation in the United States begins with the colonial protest against British taxation policy in the 1760s, leading to the American Revolution. The independent nation collected taxes on imports ("tariffs"), whiskey, and (for a while) on glass windows. States and localities collected poll taxes on voters and property taxes on ...

  9. Progressivity in United States income tax - Wikipedia

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    U.S. federal income (individual and corporate) and payroll tax rates by income percentile and component as projected for 2014 by the Tax Policy Center. [5] CBO Median Income Tax Rates CBO Data Shares of Market Income and Net Federal Taxes, By Income Group, 2010 CBO Data Shares of Market Income and Net Federal Taxes, By Income Group, 2010 - 99% and 1%