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Thursday, October 22, 2009

This Day in Wall Street History 1914: Nation's first income tax

The passage of the anti-protectionist "Underwood-Simmons Act" took a bite out of the nation's pocketbook. To compensate for the lost income, Congress passed the "Revenue Act" on Oct. 22, 1914, mandating the first tax on incomes over $3,000.

Source: History.com

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