print email comment close History of the US Income Tax URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/hottopic/irs_history.html Description: "If, in the midst of sorting receipts and studying the latest changes in the US income tax laws, you suddenly wonder 'What is the origin of this annual ritual in the weeks leading up to April 15th?'" visit this site. Features links to information from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and other resources, images from Library of Congress collections, and reading suggestions. From Ellen Terrell of the Library of Congress. Author: Terrell, Ellen Publisher: Library of Congress Extra Keywords IRS Library of Congress Subject Headings: Income tax -- History Income tax -- United States Tax Time LII Database Information: Record 1770 created by Jennifer English on 02/15/2005 Last modification on 05/07/2006 Published: 02/15/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1770