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  2. Legal history of income tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In response, the Sixteenth Amendment, proposed in 1909 and becoming law in 1913, cancelled the "apportionment" requirement for income taxes. Federal income tax was thereupon reintroduced in the Revenue Act of 1913. In the case of Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Company (1916), [3] the 1913 Act was ruled to be constitutional.

  3. Capital allowance - Wikipedia

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    Capital allowances is the practice of allowing tax payers to get tax relief on capital expenditure by allowing it to be deducted against their annual taxable income. . Generally, expenditure qualifying for capital allowances will be incurred on specified capital assets, with the deduction available normally spread over ma

  4. Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. - Wikipedia

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    Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Company, 157 U.S. 429 (1895), affirmed on rehearing, 158 U.S. 601 (1895), was a landmark case of the Supreme Court of the United States.In a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court struck down the income tax imposed by the Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act for being an unapportioned direct tax.

  5. Income tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal, State, and Local income tax as a percent GDP Federal income, payroll, and tariff tax history Taxes revenue by source chart history US Capital Gains Taxes history. In 1913, the top tax rate was 7% on incomes above $500,000 (equivalent to $15.4 million [97] in 2023 dollars) and a total of $28.3 million was collected. [98]

  6. Welch v. Helvering - Wikipedia

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    Welch v. Helvering, 290 U.S. 111 (1933), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court on the difference between business and personal expenses and the difference between ordinary business deductions and capital expenses. It is one of the most important income tax law cases.

  7. What Are Tax Allowances and How Many Should You Claim? - AOL

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    Tax Allowances. Circumstance. Number of Allowances You Can Claim. Single. 0-1. Married filing jointly. 1. Head of household. 1. Married filing separately, and have only one job

  8. Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 - Wikipedia

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    The top marginal long term capital gains rate fell from 28% to 20%, subject to certain phase-in rules. The 15% bracket was lowered to 10%. The 15% bracket was lowered to 10%. The act permanently exempted from taxation the capital gains on the sale of a personal residence of up to $500,000 for married couples filing jointly and $250,000 for singles.

  9. Capital gains tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] Therefore, the top federal tax rate on long-term capital gains is 23.8%. State and local taxes often apply to capital gains. In a state whose tax is stated as a percentage of the federal tax liability, the percentage is easy to calculate. Some states structure their taxes differently.