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Anti tax poster put up by Chamber president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 18. 'Less taxes, more jobs' reads the poster being pasted up by George H. Davis. It is the first of 25,000 such signs which will be put up all over the nation as part of a drive for reduction in taxes by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. President Davis called in the photographers today to see the first one done right

Anti tax poster put up by Chamber president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 18...

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[German vehicle tax registration issued to George Grantham Bain]

[German vehicle tax registration issued to George Grantham Bain]

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Coolidge signing tax bill, 2/26/26

Coolidge signing tax bill, 2/26/26

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Smoot & Hawley tax petitions, 12/7/29

Smoot & Hawley tax petitions, 12/7/29

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Wash. D.C. Not enough millionaires. L.H. Parker, Chief of Staff of the Joint Congressional Tax Com. on the stand Tuesday before the Senate Finance Com. where he said there weren't enough million dollar incomes in the U.S. to make a negligible increase in the revenue as proposed by the Roosevelt tax proposal. 7/30/35

Wash. D.C. Not enough millionaires. L.H. Parker, Chief of Staff of the...

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[Tax Office?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Tax Office?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Tax Office?] - Public domain dedication image

[Tax Office?] - Public domain dedication image

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CONGRESS, WILSON BEFORE WAR TAX MESSAGE

CONGRESS, WILSON BEFORE WAR TAX MESSAGE

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[Calvin Coolidge signing the income tax bill, also known as the Mellon tax bill. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon is the third figure from the right, and Director of the Budget, General Herbert Mayhew Lord, is to Mellon's left]

[Calvin Coolidge signing the income tax bill, also known as the Mellon...

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Sen. Smoot and Rep. Hawley on the steps of the Capitol addressing a large gathering who presented petitions for tax reductions

Sen. Smoot and Rep. Hawley on the steps of the Capitol addressing a la...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Jan. 1927 to Feb. 1930, v. 4, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Librar... More

Treasury Heads urge stricter tax laws. Washington, D.C. June 17. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, and Rosewell Magill, Undersecretary of Treasury, as they appeared before the Joint Congressional Tax Committee today to urge passage of new legislation which will close the loop-holes in the Federal Tax laws. At the same time Secretary Morgenthau announced that the Treasury is temporarily withholding the identities of the alleged tax dodgers. 6/17/37

Treasury Heads urge stricter tax laws. Washington, D.C. June 17. Secre...

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Tax advice to Mrs. Roosevelt routine Treasury precedent, Congressional Committee told. Washington D.C. July 28. In ruling that a radio contract did not result in taxable income for Ms. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Treasury merely followed precedents, Robert H. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General told the Congressional Tax Committee today. Jackson is shown chatting with the Co-Chairmen, Rep. Robert L. Doughton, (left) and Senator Pat Harrison, following his appearance on the stand. 7/28/37

Tax advice to Mrs. Roosevelt routine Treasury precedent, Congressional...

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Treasury Chief before Senate Finance Committee. Washington, D.C., Mar. 14. Roswell Magill, Undersecretary of the Treasury, as he appeared before the Senate Finance Committee today, and told them that the House approved tax bill will not meet the governments revenue needs, Sen. William H. King, of Utah, in the center and Sen. Pat Harrison, of Miss. and Chairman of the Committee on the right, 3/14/38

Treasury Chief before Senate Finance Committee. Washington, D.C., Mar....

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Tax expert resigns. Washington, D.C., June 11. Senator Pat Harrison (left) bids goodbye to Lovell H. Parker, who has resigned as Chief of Staff of the Joint Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation to enter private law practice. Senator Harrison, Senate Finance Committee Chairman, termed Parker "the best informed tax authority in the United States," 6/11/38

Tax expert resigns. Washington, D.C., June 11. Senator Pat Harrison (l...

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Sign on road to Kempton, West Virginia-Maryland. The post office and company store are in West Virginia. Miners pay the West Virginia sales tax. The rest of the town is in Garrett County, Maryland

Sign on road to Kempton, West Virginia-Maryland. The post office and c...

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Notice to tax payers. We, the subscribers, assessors of the Town of Reading, respectfully call the attention of the inhabitants to the following laws in relation to taxing the property in their possession, on the first day of May ... Assessors o

Notice to tax payers. We, the subscribers, assessors of the Town of Re...

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Son of President Roosevelt before Tax Evasion Committee. Washington D.C., July 13. James Roosevelt, son and Secretary of President Roosevelt, who appeared before the Join Congressional Tax Evasion Committee today to deny "emphatically" assertions by Rep. Hamilton Fish, R. of New York that he has used tax law loopholes, Roosevelt is shown surrounded by newpapermen just before taking the witness stand

Son of President Roosevelt before Tax Evasion Committee. Washington D....

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A phase of our tax system - the greater the service, the heavier the tax / K.

A phase of our tax system - the greater the service, the heavier the t...

Illustration shows two men labeled "Charity Worker" addressing an oversized man sitting on a throne, taking money from a box labeled "Rents", into which two men labeled "Rent Collecor" and Agent" pour money, an... More

The newspaper correspondents who covered the Tax Revision Bill in the House. Photographed with Chmn. William R. Green of Iowa of the Ways and Means Comm. It was through Chmn. Green and these men that the country was kept posted on the daily progress of this vital legislation. First row, left to right: George A. Authier, A.L. Hayward, Chmn. Green, Francis Stephenson, and Lewis Wood. 2nd row, John P. Coakley, Alfred H. Kirchofer, W.R. Harris, Paul McGahan, and Nelson M. Shepard

The newspaper correspondents who covered the Tax Revision Bill in the ...

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Congress gets huge petition for reduction of federal tax on earned incomes. Led by many of America's outstanding personages in professional life, a parade marched down Pennsylvania Avenue today with a truckload of petitions bearing the signatures of millions of tax payers who demand a substantial reduction in the Federal Tax on earned incomes. The petition was presented to the chairman of the House and Senate Finance Committees. In the center of the photograph can be seen, left to right: William Howard Black, justice of the Supreme Court of New York; Mae Murray, movie star; Isaac Gans, Washington business leader; Senator Reed Smoot, chairman of Senate Finance Committee; Rep. Willis C. Hawley, chairman of House Finance Committee; and Rep. Sol Bloom of New York

Congress gets huge petition for reduction of federal tax on earned inc...

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A black and white photo of a license plate on a car, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a license plate on a car, Great Depression....

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Assumes duties as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., July 1. John W. Hanes, Former New York broker and member of the S.E.C., as he assumed his duties today as the newly appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He succeeds Josephine Roche but will supervise government tax affaris, taking the position undersecretary Roswell Magill will vacate this fall, 7/1/38

Assumes duties as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., J...

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Hull and Roosevelt discuss neutrality policy. Washington, D.C., May 9. William H. Malone, former Chairman of the Illinois Tax Commission who has been sentences to two years in preison for Income Tax fraud, flew to Washington today to appeal personally to President Roosevelt for a pardon. Upon arrival at the airport, Malone stated that he felt confident that when President Roosevelt knew all of the facts in the case he would not tolerate what they are planning to do with me," 5/9/38

Hull and Roosevelt discuss neutrality policy. Washington, D.C., May 9....

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Hanes take oath as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., July 1. John W. Hanes, former New York broker and member of the S.E.C., pictured taking the oath of office today as Assistant Secretary of The Treasury from Frank Birgfeld, Chief Clerk of [...] Hanes will succeed Josephine Roche but [...] duties of supervising government tax [...] position undersecretary Rosewell [...] on the left is treasury secre[...], [7/1/38]

Hanes take oath as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., ...

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[Persons picketing against the use of tax dollars for the development of nuclear weapons] / World-Telegram photo by F. Palumbo.

[Persons picketing against the use of tax dollars for the development ...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.

R.V. Fletcher, General Counsel of the Assoc. of the Amer. Railroads, before the Senate Finance Committee tax hearing

R.V. Fletcher, General Counsel of the Assoc. of the Amer. Railroads, b...

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Kansas City district attorney sees President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., April 18. Maurice Milligan, U.S. District Attorney in Kansas City, who is engaged in the income tax inquiry involving boss Tom Pendergast, photographed as he left the White House today. He said that he called only on a social visit

Kansas City district attorney sees President Roosevelt. Washington, D....

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Discuss tax revision with president. Washington, D.C., Nov. 9. President Roosevelt today called a special meeting of the Government's tax experts at the White House. Leaving the meeting Rep. Robert L. Doughton, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told reporters that tax revision and proposed farm levies were discussed with the President. Left to right: Daniel Bell, Director of the Budget; Rep. Fred Vinson of Kentucky, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee now studying tax revision; Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau; Roswell Magill, Undersecretary of the Treasury; and Rep. Robert L. Doughton.

Discuss tax revision with president. Washington, D.C., Nov. 9. Preside...

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C.G. Newton, Chief of Income Tax Div., Int. Reverend

C.G. Newton, Chief of Income Tax Div., Int. Reverend

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[Tax Office?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Tax Office?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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New and retiring tax experts. Washington, D.C., June 10. Lovell H. Parker, (left) Chief of Staff of the Joint Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation who resigned today, is pictured with is successor C.F. Stam. Stam has served the Committee since 1927, and, recently as counsel. Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee, in announcing Parker's resignation, praised him as "one of the greatest tax experts in America," 6/10/38

New and retiring tax experts. Washington, D.C., June 10. Lovell H. Par...

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Before Senate Finance Committee. Washington, D.C., March 21. Roy S. Osgood, President of the First National Bank of Chicago, warned the Senate Committee today that any further decline in business activity will result in a reduction of federal revenue and an increase of expenditure for relief. Representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Osgood urged revision of the House approved tax bill, 3/21/38

Before Senate Finance Committee. Washington, D.C., March 21. Roy S. Os...

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State Comptroller and finance expert condemn administration's tax proposal. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. While New York's Comptroller Morris S. Tremaine listened after introducing him, Harley L. Luts, Professor of Public Finance at Princeton University, told a special Senate Tax Committee that the administration's proposed reciprocal tax could not work at a profit. Prof. Luts made a survey upon the subject for Tremaine, 2-7-39

State Comptroller and finance expert condemn administration's tax prop...

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Reports to Senate Finance Committee on taxation of salaries. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. Chairman Prentiss M. Brown of Special Senate Committee asserted today that justification of reciprocal state and federal taxation of salaries lies in a just distribution of the tax load. In reporting to Senate Finance Committee Senator Brown said "the main justification for this tax lies in the fact that it is unjust to lay a burden on one class and not lay a tax on another," 2-21-39

Reports to Senate Finance Committee on taxation of salaries. Washingto...

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West Danville, Vermont. Mr. Hasings in his general store, figuring up, says, "You can't carry on a business, especially nowadays, without a lot of book work. But whether it is for income tax or making up price lists for cost of living comodities, it is all a part of keeping our government going so we can win the war and have the kind of world we want to have"

West Danville, Vermont. Mr. Hasings in his general store, figuring up,...

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one. An act, for apportioning and assessing a tax ...[Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1781].

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand s...

Imprint 3.; Not in Ford. Page Order: Multipage Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 41,... More

Tea tax. Sold by L. Deming No. 1 South ... Boston

Tea tax. Sold by L. Deming No. 1 South ... Boston

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Aliens paying income tax - Public domain portrait photograph

Aliens paying income tax - Public domain portrait photograph

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President Coolidge signing the tax bill

President Coolidge signing the tax bill

Calvin Coolidge, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right. National Photo Company Collection. No. 39274.

Coolidge signing tax bill, [2/26/26]

Coolidge signing tax bill, [2/26/26]

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Income Tax Committee, 12/29/20 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Income Tax Committee, 12/29/20 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Senate Committee approves SEC head's proposal. Washington, D.C., March 30. A proposal by William O. Douglas, right, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to exempt transfers of securities and properties by holding companies liquidating under the 'death sentence' clause of the Public Utility Holding Company Act from the capital gains tax, was approved today by the Senate Finance Committee. Douglas is pictured with Sen. Tom Connally as he arrived at the Capitol to appear before the committee

Senate Committee approves SEC head's proposal. Washington, D.C., March...

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Probe of first lady and sons income tax, asked of Congress by N.Y. Solon. Washington D.C. July 9. Congress was asked today to examine the income tax returns of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, James and Elliot Roosevelt, sons of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, by Rep.Hamilton Fish, Republican of New York, when he appeared before the Special Congressional Committee on Tax Evasion. At the same time he also asked a probe of the tax returns of Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau and the Secretary's wife and father Henry Morgenthau, Sr. 7/9/37

Probe of first lady and sons income tax, asked of Congress by N.Y. Sol...

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Join the tax revolt - A black and white photo of a star wars poster

Join the tax revolt - A black and white photo of a star wars poster

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Tax Bills, 1895-1903 - Public domain document scan

Tax Bills, 1895-1903 - Public domain document scan

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

A bill to amend an act entitled an Act for equalizing the land tax. [n. d.].

A bill to amend an act entitled an Act for equalizing the land tax. [n...

Passed sometime after 1798. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 188, Folder 10.

Tea tax, and Humble wish. Sold retail and wholesale by L. Deming, No. 62 Hanover Street, Boston

Tea tax, and Humble wish. Sold retail and wholesale by L. Deming, No. ...

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[African American boy selling The Washington Daily News - sign on his hat reads, "Have you read The News? One cent" - headline reads "Millionaire tax rends G.O.P."]

[African American boy selling The Washington Daily News - sign on his ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Children, Misc. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). French Folder No. 106. Caption card tracings... More

Senate Finance Committee begins work on new defense financing program. Washington, D.C., May 29. The Senate Finance Committee today began work on the new defense financing program. It is expected that a thorough revision of the nation's tax structure will be made in an effort to end deficit financing. In this picture, left to right, are members of the Committee. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Senator Pat Harrison, Chairman, Senator Robert F. Lafollette, Senator Arthur Capper, and Senator John C. Townsend

Senate Finance Committee begins work on new defense financing program....

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Tax cut is seen after White House parley. Washington, D.C., Aug.13. A prediction that taxes will not be increased within the next year and may in fact, be "slightly reduced," was made today by congressional tax leaders following a last-minute conference with President Roosevelt at the White House just before the Chief Executive left on his flood control inspection tour. Rep. Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina, chairman of the House Means Commitee, and Senator Pat Harrison, Miss., chairman of the Senate Finance Commitee, are shown leaving the White House after the conference

Tax cut is seen after White House parley. Washington, D.C., Aug.13. A ...

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Income tax headaches ready for mailing. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. Busiest Department in the government the next few days will be the Bureau of Internal Revenue from where the 60,000,000 income tax blanks will be mailed out. Allen Laster, left, and William A. Dulin, of the Bureau, are checking the blanks as they go into the mailing room, 1-5-39

Income tax headaches ready for mailing. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. Busi...

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Princeton professor says tax program would cost more than it would yield. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Harley L. Lutz, Professor of Public Finance at Princeton University, told a Special Tax Committee on Senators that the administrations proposed Reciprocal Tax Program would cost more than it would take in. He based his statement upon a report which he made up for Morris S. Tremaine, Comptroller of the State of New York, 2-7-39

Princeton professor says tax program would cost more than it would yie...

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Karl N. Fischer, deputy commissioner, Transportation Division formerly Land and Tax Commissioner of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Karl N. Fischer, deputy commissioner, Transportation Division formerly...

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The proposed tax on billiard tables ... Michael Phelan. [n. p.] [1862?].

The proposed tax on billiard tables ... Michael Phelan. [n. p.] [1862?...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 234, Folder 15.

We, the undersigned tax payers, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks

We, the undersigned tax payers, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks

Form letter requesting individual New York Senators to vote for the women taxpayers' bill

Internal Reverend income tax story - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Internal Reverend income tax story - Glass negative photogrpah. Public...

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Cong. William R. Green of Iowa, Chmn. of the Ways and Means Committee, was so busy with the new tax bill in Congress that he was unable to make out his income tax returns. The first installment due last Sat. He was found making out his returns March 27 and he admitted he had been forced to ask for a special dispensation to permit a late filing

Cong. William R. Green of Iowa, Chmn. of the Ways and Means Committee,...

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T.W. Page of the National Tax Assn.

T.W. Page of the National Tax Assn.

President Coolidge, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with T.W. Page. National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 2, p. 41, no. 34515.

Smoot & Hawley tax petitions at Capitol, 12/7/29

Smoot & Hawley tax petitions at Capitol, 12/7/29

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At Split-Coin hearing. Testifying before the House Coinage Committee are C.M. Hester, Assistant General Counsel of the Treasury Department, and Miss Mary O'Reilly, assistant director of the U.S. Mint, as congress propares to consider the plea of several states that they be allowed to issue coins in fractional cents for sales tax purposes. Miss O'Rielly has been with the Mint for 32 years. 8/8/35

At Split-Coin hearing. Testifying before the House Coinage Committee a...

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Southington, Connecticut. The house of Captain Anson Matthews, who fought under General George Washington in the War of Independence. The house, built in 1746, stands today the same as in Captain Matthews' time, a seven-room story-and-a-half (to avoid King George II's tax on two-story houses) dwelling built around a central slap-mud chimney drawing from five fireplaces. The present owners of the house are Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Brink, both school teachers. Mr. Brink is of Swedish descent

Southington, Connecticut. The house of Captain Anson Matthews, who fou...

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World Peace Tax Fund People morally opposed to paying taxes for war will be forced to pay a share ...

World Peace Tax Fund People morally opposed to paying taxes for war wi...

Poster showing bombs in large net "world peace tax fund" over high-rise buildings.

Anonymous to Abraham Lincoln, February 16 [1865] (Whiskey tax)

Anonymous to Abraham Lincoln, February 16 [1865] (Whiskey tax)

Direct tax ... [Signed] Americanus [18--].

Direct tax ... [Signed] Americanus [18--].

Americanus. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 97, Folder 24.

The property tax, British Cartoon Print

The property tax, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows a prosperous John Bull seated in a chair as a blue demon hovers above him using a magnet to withdraw coins from Bull's waistcoat pocket. The ghost of William Pitt rises from the floorboards saying... More

And now a beer meter. Washington, D.C., May 1. To aid Uncle Same in collecting the tax on the millions of barrels of beer brewed in this country every year, the National Bureau of Standards has designed a master beer meter for use of the alcohol unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Treasury. Government inspectors employ this master meter in checking the accuracy of the brewery beer meter to determine the volume of beer brewed. In the photograph the large tank receives the liquid [after passing] thru the meter where it is weighed to get [the] true volume. Carl F. Stoneburner is reading [...]

And now a beer meter. Washington, D.C., May 1. To aid Uncle Same in co...

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Jean L. Burnett, Chairman Committee on Affairs of Cities, State of New York Assembly Chamber, announces hearing March 15 on tax election act

Jean L. Burnett, Chairman Committee on Affairs of Cities, State of New...

In spotlight as house committee considers tax revision. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4. Lovell Parker, (right) tax expert of the Treasury, appeared before the House Ways and Means Sub-Committee today as it began consideration of a general revision of the Federal Revenue Structure. Parker is shown talking to Rep. Frank H. Buck of California, a member of the committee who reported today that he has found wide-spread opposition to the revision of the undistributed profits tax, chiefly because it prevents new corporations from organizing, hampers expansion by old ones, and fail to provide an exemption cushion for those suffering from debt. 11/4/37

In spotlight as house committee considers tax revision. Washington, D....

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Keep tax down on liquor. Washington, D.C., March 21. Rep. Everett M. Dirksen, Republican from Illionois, appearing at the Senate Finance Committee tax hearing today urged that the distilled spirits tax be returned to $2 a gallon instead of $2.25 voted by the House, 3/21/38

Keep tax down on liquor. Washington, D.C., March 21. Rep. Everett M. D...

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Long time between these bills. Washington, D.C., June 29. Clerk of the House during the Wilson administration and now holding the same job under the present Roosevelt administration, South Trimble compares his signature on the recently passed tax bill with that of John Beckley, first Clerk of the House, on an old measure just unearthed in the archives of the United States Capitol. During his tenure as Clerk, Trimble has affixed his signature to appropriations totaling billions of dollars, more than any official of the U.S. Government, 6/29/38

Long time between these bills. Washington, D.C., June 29. Clerk of the...

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Car belonging to "white spot" enthusiast: "Nebraska the white spot of the nation, no luxury tax, no bonded debt, highways all paid for," etc.

Car belonging to "white spot" enthusiast: "Nebraska the white spot of ...

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At tax hearing. Washington, D.C., March 17. Senator Joseph Penna., and Senator Prentiss Brown (right) snapped at the tax hearing before the Senate committee this afternoon, 31738

At tax hearing. Washington, D.C., March 17. Senator Joseph Penna., and...

Two men sitting at a table signing papers, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.lo... More

Tax collector's office, Harlingen, Texas

Tax collector's office, Harlingen, Texas

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Making out income tax perplexing problem to Nevada senator. Washington, D.C., March 11. Political issues and congressional problems were forgetten today by Senator Pat McCarran, Democrat of Nevada, when he tackled his income tax report due in a few days, March 15 to be exact. A look of disgust and utter confusion is shown on the face of the senator as he dispatches sheet after sheet of the memos into the waste basket during the arduous task, 3-11-40

Making out income tax perplexing problem to Nevada senator. Washington...

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Mr. Wade H. West, county tax collector. Greene County, Georgia

Mr. Wade H. West, county tax collector. Greene County, Georgia

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Retail traders not affected by the shop tax, British Cartoon Print

Retail traders not affected by the shop tax, British Cartoon Print

Print shows three women standing inside the entrance to an establishment labeled "Neat lodgings for men" over which is a bust of a Turkish(?) man on a pedestal labeled "Bagnio"; a notice in the window states "F... More

Caricature, No income tax! / C.J.T., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, No income tax! / C.J.T., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a scene at the "Income Tax Office" with a crowd clamoring at the door where a notice states "One at a Time"; inside, a wealthy man is standing by a desk, on the floor at his feet, in his hat, are pa... More

Dupont opposes incentive taxation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Appearing before the Senate Finance Subcommittee investigating profit sharing systems, Lammont DuPont, President of the E.I. DuPont De Nemours Co., today declared his opposition to incentive taxation as an inducement of social management of industry. He said that by careful study he had not been able to discover any practical[?] method for the federal government to introduce any plan of rewards or penalties in the tax system which will promote the exercise of sound business judgment

Dupont opposes incentive taxation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Appearing...

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Purdue professor urges tax exemption for gasoline mixed with grain alcohol. Washington, D.C., May 23. Harold M. Jacklin, Professor of Automotive Engineering at Purdue University, and working in collaboration with the Chicago Moto Club, told a Senate Finance Subcommittee today that he favored adoption of two bills by Senators Gurney and Gillette to remove the tax upon gasoline which is mixed with grain alcohol. The plan [...] sponsors hold, will prove a boon to farmers by removing [...] surplus and raising farm income

Purdue professor urges tax exemption for gasoline mixed with grain alc...

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Rep. H.T. Rainey of Ill., of House Ways and Means Comm., being showered with 600 letters a day regarding Mellon tax plan

Rep. H.T. Rainey of Ill., of House Ways and Means Comm., being showere...

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The Seventieth Congress convenes. The Seventieth Congress met at noon today ready to take up tax reduction, farm relief, flood control and many other problems of the nation. Dr. Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House is shown delivering the opening prayer

The Seventieth Congress convenes. The Seventieth Congress met at noon ...

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Conducting tax evasion hearing. Washington, D.C., June 19. Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, Chairman, and Senator Pat Harrison (right) of Mississippi, Vice Chariman, of the Joint Congressional Committee now conducting hearings on tax evasion. 6/19/37

Conducting tax evasion hearing. Washington, D.C., June 19. Rep. Robert...

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Native Texan farmer on relief. Goodliet, Hardeman County, Texas. "Tractored out" in late 1937. Now living in town, and on the verge of relief. Wife and two children. "Well, I know I've got to make a move but I don't know where to. I can stay off relief until the first of the year. After that I don't know. I've eat up two cows and a pair of horses this past year. Neither drink nor gamble, so I must have eat'n 'em up. I've got left two horses and two cows and some farm tools. Owe a grocery bill. If had gradutated land tax on big farms, that would put the little man back again. One man had six renters last year. Kept one. Of the five, one went to Oklahoma, one got a farm south of town and three got no place. They're on WPA (Works Progress Administration). Another man put fifteen families off this year. Another had twenty-eight renters and now has two. In the Progressive Farmer it said that relief had spoiled the renters so they had to get tractors. But them men that's doing the talking for the community is the big landowners. They got money to go to Washington. That's what keeps us from writing. A letter I would write would sound silly up there."

Native Texan farmer on relief. Goodliet, Hardeman County, Texas. "Trac...

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Decorating float of state of Louisiana with the token symbol of the state welfare tax prominently displayed. National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana

Decorating float of state of Louisiana with the token symbol of the st...

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Moreno Valley, Colfax County, New Mexico. William Heck, a cattleman, and his wife making out their income tax form

Moreno Valley, Colfax County, New Mexico. William Heck, a cattleman, a...

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Arlington, Virginia. Citizens being checked to verify payment of poll tax and proper registration before receiving ballots for the national presidental election. A fire hose wagon is in the background of the firehouse where the voting is taking place

Arlington, Virginia. Citizens being checked to verify payment of poll ...

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State of Rhode-Island and Providence plantations. In General Assembly. December session, A. D. 1779. An act for assessing and apportioning a rate or tax of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds lawful money, upon the inhabitants of this state.

State of Rhode-Island and Providence plantations. In General Assembly....

Not in Evans.; 1381 C 1 19 Ja 44.; Rec. R. B. 3-29-44. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portf... More

Direct tax ... [Signed] Americanus [1809].

Direct tax ... [Signed] Americanus [1809].

Imprint 1.; Americanus. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 91, Folder 12.

Sick of the property tax or ministerial influnza (sic), British Cartoon Print

Sick of the property tax or ministerial influnza (sic), British Cartoo...

Cartoon shows ministers, among them Vansittart and Castlereagh, vomiting taxes into a large bag labeled "budget." The Prince Regent stands nearby, supported on crutches labeled "more money" and "increase in inc... More

New York Board of Trade says 'nonsense' to charges on capital strike. Washington, D.C., June 3. M.L. Seidman, Chairman of the New York Board of Trade Tax Committee suggested a 10 point tax program to the House Ways and Means Committee. He brought out that business would lose its fear of striking out for recovery if it knew in advance where Congress would place taxes. He said that removal of numerous taxes and replacement of that federal income by broadening of the income tax base might be a solution. Said he, ' We hear it said that capital is on strike. But, that is sheer nonsense. What we lack is a willingness to run the risk of employment against too many odds'

New York Board of Trade says 'nonsense' to charges on capital strike. ...

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James Roosevelt before Tax Evasion Committee. Washington D.C., July 13. James Roosevelt, the President's son and Secretary appeared unexpectedly today before Joint Congressional Committee on Tax Evasion to deny "emphatically" assertions by Rep. Hamilton Fish, R. of New York that he has used tax law loopholes. Roosevelt said "I want to say that neither now nor at any time have I had any connection with any foreign personal holding company." Roosevelt is shown as he made the statements on the witness stand [...]

James Roosevelt before Tax Evasion Committee. Washington D.C., July 13...

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N.A.M. opposes any special tax incentive for profit sharing. Washington, D.C., Nov. 23. Appearing before the Senate Finance Subcommittee today, H. Boardman Spalding, Chairman of the Taxation Committee of the National Association of Manufacturers, announced that NAM Executive Committee yesterday adopted a resolution opposing any special tax incentive for profit sharing. His testimony caused Republican Senator Arthur M. Vandenberg of Michigan to observe he was 'amazed' at the NAM's attitude

N.A.M. opposes any special tax incentive for profit sharing. Washingto...

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Frank J. Wideman, Asst. Att. General Tax Div., Dept of Justice

Frank J. Wideman, Asst. Att. General Tax Div., Dept of Justice

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Urge appointment of Blackmon to tax board. These two senators, Morris Sheppard, D. of Texas, left, and Tom Connally, D. of Texas, called upon President Roosevelt to urge the appointment of A.M. Blackmon of Grovesbeck Tex., to the Board of Tax Appeals. 2/14/35

Urge appointment of Blackmon to tax board. These two senators, Morris ...

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[Tax Office?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Tax Office?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Taxes, Washington, D.C. Oct. 5. Lovell H. Parker, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, heads the corps of experts now going over the entire tax structure so that a comprehensive picture may be ready for the next Congress when it meets this coming January

Taxes, Washington, D.C. Oct. 5. Lovell H. Parker, Chief of Staff, Join...

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Government "T" men try out their shooting irons. Washington, D.C., Aug. 2. Start of the third annual marksmanship match between officers in the various enforcement services of the Treasury Department, marksmanship training in the Treasury Department was inaugurated by Sec. Morgenthau in 1935 and these matches are held under his discretion, teams that are competing are the Bureau of Customs, Alcohol Tax Unit, White House Police, Secret Service, Bureau of Internal Revenue, The Public Health Service, 8/2/38

Government "T" men try out their shooting irons. Washington, D.C., Aug...

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Camp Lee, Virginia. Even as you and I, the soldier at this time of year may be found, whenever there is time , scratching his head over the complexities of his income tax return. Private Jack Lewis is deep in the annual problem

Camp Lee, Virginia. Even as you and I, the soldier at this time of ye...

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Tax Bills, 1871-1883 - Public domain document scan

Tax Bills, 1871-1883 - Public domain document scan

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one. An act, for apportioning and assessing a tax ...[Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1781].

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand s...

Imprint 3.; Not in Ford. Page Order: Multipage Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 41,... More

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