Revenue Act of 1951
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Revenue Act of 1951 temporarily increased individual
income tax An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income). Income tax generally is computed as the product of a tax rate times the taxable income. Tax ...
rates through 1953, and temporarily raised
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rates 5 percentage points through March 31, 1954.
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es on
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, and
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were also temporarily increased through March 31, 1954.


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Full text of the Act
United States federal taxation legislation 1951 in law 82nd United States Congress United States federal legislation articles without infoboxes {{US-fed-statute-stub