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Passage 2April 15th is tax day for Americans. It is the last day to pay federal income taxes for the previous year. Most taxpayers have enough income tax collected all year long through their employer, so they do not owe any more. In fact, most get some money back.
There are different ways for people to reduce their income taxes. Homeowners, for example, can deduct the interest they pay on a home loan. And there are tax credits, including credits for children.
Income tax rates increase as income increases. People who earned more than $319 thousand last year had the highest rate, 35 percent.
The Constitution gives Congress the power to establish federal taxes. State and local governments can also tax. But the idea of national taxes took time to develop.
In 1791, Congress approved a tax on whiskey and other alcoholic drinks. Farmers in western Pennsylvania who produced alcohol refused to pay. They attacked officials and burned the home of a tax collector.
George Washington, America.s first president, gathered troops. The soldiers defeated the so-called Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. It was one of the first times the government used its powers to enforce a federal law within a state.
At first, the government of the United States collected most of its money through tariffs. These are taxes on trade. Then, in the late 1800s, Congress began to tax the money that people earned in
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