what year did taxes begin?

Answer 1

The origin of the income tax on individuals is generally cited as the passage of the 16th Amendment, passed by Congress on July 2, 1909, and ratified February 3, 1913; however, its history actually goes back even further. During the Civil War Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1861 which included a tax on personal incomes to help pay war expenses. The tax was repealed ten years later. However, in 1894 Congress enacted a flat rate Federal income tax, which was ruled unconstitutional the following year by the U.S. Supreme Court because it was a direct tax not apportioned according to the population of each state. The 16th amendment, ratified in 1913, removed this objection by allowing the Federal government to tax the income of individuals without regard to the population of each State.


taxes in general started thousands of years ago...but I am assuming you are talking u.s. income tax

Answer 2

In 1913, Wyoming ratified the 16th Amendment, providing the three-quarter majority of states necessary to amend the Constitution. The 16th Amendment gave Congress the authority to enact an income tax. That same year, the first Form 1040 appeared after Congress levied a 1 percent tax on net personal incomes above $3,000 with a 6 percent surtax on incomes of more than $500,000.

Answer 3

As soon as someone was in charge of a large group of people. (They've been around a very, very long time.) If you remember the bible story about Xmas, Mary and Joseph were going to Bethlehem to be taxed.

If you mean income tax in the US, the first federal income tax was imposed by Congress in 1862, to finance the Union's waging of the Civil War.

Answer 4

Taxes have been around since biblical times.

Answer 5

the day after god made Adam!