{"id":782,"date":"2017-04-15T11:44:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T15:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottfrickcpa.com\/?p=782"},"modified":"2017-04-15T11:44:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T15:44:44","slug":"104-years-income-tax-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scottfrickcpa.com\/104-years-income-tax-now\/","title":{"rendered":"104 Years of the Income Tax: Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Americans finish yet another tax filing season, let\u2019s take a look at the 104-year history of the income tax:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-quote fb_iframe_widget\" data-href=\"\/104-years-income-tax-then-and-now\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1913 the top marginal income tax bracket was 7% &#8212; today it is 39.6%.<\/li>\n<li>In 1913 the marginal income tax bracket range was 1% &#8211; 7%. Today the range is 10% &#8211; 39.6%.<\/li>\n<li>In 1913 there were 400 pages in the tax code. Today there are 74,608 pages in the code.<\/li>\n<li>In 1913 the family standard deduction was $98,425.45 in today\u2019s dollars. The family standard deduction now is just $12,600.<\/li>\n<li>When the income tax started in 1913, only 358,000 Americans had to file a 1040. Today 148,606,578 Americans file 1040s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\nRead more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atr.org\/104-years-income-tax-then-and-now#ixzz4eKjKRuTB\">http:\/\/www.atr.org\/104-years-income-tax-then-and-now#ixzz4eKjKRuTB<\/a><br \/>\nFollow us: <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.tynt.com\/b\/rw?id=cNTREaBzmr37DZadbi-bpO&amp;u=taxreformer\" target=\"_blank\">@taxreformer on Twitter<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>-Courtesy of Americans for Tax Reform<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Americans finish yet another tax filing season, let\u2019s take a look at the 104-year history of the income tax: In 1913 the top marginal income tax bracket was 7% &#8212; today it is 39.6%. In 1913 the marginal income tax bracket range was 1% &#8211; 7%. Today the range is 10% &#8211; 39.6%. 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