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Experts Discuss the History of Federal Income Taxes

Washington, DC
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

One hundred years ago this month, the sixteenth amendment gave Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes. Tuesday, the Urban Institute hosts a panel of tax policy experts who discuss the history of the federal income tax and examine proposals to reform or abolish it.

Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 2pm (ET)

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