Federal income tax introduced in U.S.

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Date of occurrence 1913

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On the 3rd of October, 1913 the United States Revenue Act of 1913 was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson (28th December, 1856 - 3rd February, 1924) and re-imposed the federal income tax. This followed the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment in February 1913 which stated that Congress could levy income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results.

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