The US Income Tax Code Happy 100th birthday

October 11, 2013
Written by: Fresh Start Tax

It’s doubtful most people will notice, let alone celebrate, Friday’s 100th anniversary of the U.S. income tax code.
In 1913, the tax code consisted of 400 pages.
By 2012, the tax code was 73,608 pages.
It was the 16th Amendment, adopted in February 1913, that gave Congress the legal right to levy an income tax. On the evening of Oct. 3, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Revenue Act of 1913 that allowed the collection of a federal income tax.
We have Congress, the lobbyist’s , and all the politicians to thank  for the United States income tax code.
The sad part of all this it cannot be read by the taxpayers who actually are paying tax to fund this entire operation.

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