The Origins of the American Income Tax: The Revenue Act of 1894 and its AftermathSyracuse University Press, 1 de abr. de 2004 - 224 páginas Why do critics want to pull up the income tax by its roots? Why do we have an income tax altogether especially if its principles are no longer workable and the tax no longer serves its intended purpose? Or are the roots, in fact, still viable? This compelling book seeks answers to those questions in long-forgotten archives of tax history. Drawing on rare records from Congress, Richard J. Joseph demonstrates how the idea of relating taxes to individuals and businesses evolved during 1893-1895, leading in 1894 to enactment of the first American income tax legislation. That initial law, he notes, was intended to create a permanent and a fair "ability-to-pay" system. With an eye for detail Joseph explores ways in which it would serve as a model for future revenue. He explains how global and domestic changes have rendered it passe'. And he shows how much of that early lawdespite its swift demise in the case of Pollock v. The Farmers Loan & Trust Companyinforms our current federal taxation system. |
Conteúdo
History and the Income Tax | 1 |
A Nation in Transition | 30 |
The Impetus to Change | 47 |
The Legislative Process | 61 |
What Is a Corporation? | 76 |
The Rationale | 89 |
Pollock | 105 |
The Vitality of Ideas | 118 |
Income Tax Provisions Act of August 28 1894 | 131 |
Pollock v Farmers Loan Trust Company 158 US 601 May 20 1895 | 143 |
Internal Revenue Form 365 Taxpayers Return for Assessment of Income Tax for 1894 | 158 |
Internal Revenue Form 366 Annual Return of Net Profits or Income of a Corporation | 161 |
Notes | 165 |
Bibliography | 195 |
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