19th Century

The first US federal income tax was enacted in 1861 to fund the Civil War. The Revenue Act of 1861 i...

The British salt tax in India prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, forcing them to bu...

The Internal Revenue Service was created in 1862 as the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Reven...

The hut tax was a per household tax imposed by European colonial powers in Africa. The tax forced Af...

The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff that imposed high duties on imported goods. Southern stat...

The Morrill Tariff of 1861 was a high protective tariff passed just before the Civil War. The tariff...

The land value tax, advocated by economist Henry George in his 1879 book Progress and Poverty, taxes...

Modern German income tax was established by the Miquel Tax Reform of 1891, named after Finance Minis...

New Zealand imposed a poll tax on Chinese immigrants starting in 1881. The tax charged 10 pounds per...

Canada imposed a head tax on Chinese immigrants starting in 1885, after Chinese workers completed th...

South Carolinas nullification of federal tariffs in 1832 was the most serious challenge to federal a...

The IRS Whistleblower Program pays informants who report tax evasion. The program traces its roots t...

Tax exempt organizations in the US include charities, religious organizations, educational instituti...

During the Civil War, Congress enacted the first federal income tax in 1861, but it was largely unco...