Income Tax Timeline

By williamsrogers98

  • Income Tax Law(Unconstitutional)

    War debts are greater than tariffs and excise revenues so congress passed the federal income tax law. never enacted because the consitution bans direct tax on property

  • Amends law

    Congess Amends the law and gets it passed, it is the first tax based on people's ability to pay

  • Rate Increased

    Income Tax rate is increased to 5% and 10 % tax brackets.

  • Repealed

    The federal income tax is repealed

  • New Version

    new version passed with a flat rate of 2%

  • Unconstiutional

    the flat rate is declared unconstitutional because any direct tax is to be divided among the states based on population.

  • Sixteenth amendment proposed

    the 16th amendment would allow for the federal government to create an income tax without reguard for population of states.

  • 16th amendment passed

    the 16th amendment is passed