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If, like millions of other Americans, you have your income taxes on your mind today, here's who you have to thank:
That's Rep. Justin Morrill, R-Vt., former chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Taxation, who was the architect of the nation's first income tax in 1862, enacted to finance the Civil War. The tax was repealed 10 years later, then reenacted in 1894 before the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional. That problem was solved in 1913, with the approval of the 16th Amendment. The rest is the kind of revenue history we get to make every year about this time.
Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.
