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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinup, post: 1056617, member: 23176&quot;]During the Civil War Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1861 which&nbsp; included a tax on personal incomes to help pay war expenses. The tax was&nbsp; repealed ten years later. However, in 1894 Congress enacted a flat rate&nbsp; Federal income tax, which was ruled unconstitutional the following year&nbsp; by the U.S. Supreme Court because it was a direct tax not apportioned&nbsp; according to the population of each state. The 16th amendment, ratified&nbsp; in 1913, removed this objection by allowing the Federal government to&nbsp; tax the income of individuals&nbsp; without regard to the population of each&nbsp; State[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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