Now, there is one other area where he defied presidential norms: refusing to release his federal tax returns to the public.

President Donald Trump pitched the idea of eliminating the federal income tax entirely to instead tariff and tax foreign ...

"Boston Tea Party History." The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. "Whiskey Rebellion." Republican Staff Committee on Finance. "Comprehensive Tax Reform for 2015 and Beyond ...

We have an income tax as opposed to a tariff in part to deal with the mind of the South in 1913—yet the income tax revenue enabled revenue-destructive tariffs.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared on FOX Business Network's "Kudlow" and urged Republicans to make President Donald ...

And that was the richest period in the history of the United States, relatively speaking." The first federal income tax was passed on Feb. 25, 1913, as part of the 16th Amendment. This gave ...