Re:U.S. federal individual income tax rates history, 1913-2011
by ArchD on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @09:29AM
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Informative as they are, the graphs don't show the complete information. For example, they don't show the effects of various deductions and other ways the actual tax for individuals can be reduced, and they don't show the treatment of capital gain, so for example, you can't draw a conclusion about any period of time being more tax-heavy than another.
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Re:U.S. federal individual income tax rates history, 1913-2011
by rsanchez1 on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @09:45AM
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I don't know, to me it looked like taxes were higher during war years. The graph shows taxes dropping between WW1 and WW2, remaining elevated throughout the Cold War and increasing when the US participated in armed conflict, and then going down the last two decades. At least that's the general trend I saw in the graph.