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What event prompted the first income tax in the united states? Revolutionary war

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Civil War

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Income tax was briefly createdduring the Civil War and again in the 1890's. Imcome tax wasn't 'official' until 1913 when the 16th Amendment was ratified making it permanent and legal.

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