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缴税日
1913年4月15日
当美国成立之初，它费劲地向最初的13州筹募资金
--政府于1779年时向每一州收取一千五百万税收，而且逐年增加。政府在内战期间第一次征收所得税，但是那只是暂时性的措施。葛洛佛．克里夫兰 (Grove
Cleveland) 总统在1894年时，试着要创建起每年征收所得税的规定，但是最高法院却认为这项规定是违宪的。对那些支持开征所得税的人来说，只有透过修宪才能解决这个问题，而美国政府也在1913年进行修宪。从那时候开始，政府就能够合法向人民征收所得税了。
When the country was young, it struggled to raise funds from the 13 original states--$15 million from each state in 1779 and more in following years. The government collected the first income tax during the Civil War, but only temporarily. President Grover Cleveland tried to start up regular yearly income taxes in 1894, but the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. For supporters of the income tax, that meant amending the Constitution, which the government finally did in 1913 with the 16th Amendment. From that point on, Congress could legally collect taxes on incomes.
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