The Revenue Act can refer to a number of tax-related laws:

British Empire

*Revenue Act 1764, popularly known as the

Sugar Act The Sugar Act 1764 or Sugar Act 1763 ( 4 Geo. 3. c. 15), also known as the American Revenue Act 1764 or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764. The preamble to the act stat ...

Revenue Act 1766 The Revenue Act 1766 ( 6 Geo. 3. c. 52), also known as the Customs Act 1766, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in response to objections raised to the Sugar Act 1763. The act was passed in conjunction with the Free Port Act ...

*Revenue Act 1767 (

7 Geo. 3 This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1766. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. See also the list of acts of ...

. c. 46), one of the

Townshend Acts The Townshend Acts () or Townshend Duties were a series of British acts of Parliament enacted in 1766 and 1767 introducing a series of taxes and regulations to enable administration of the British colonies in America. They are named after Char ...

United States

Revenue Act of 1861 The Revenue Act of 1861, formally cited as Act of August 5, 1861, Chap. XLV, 12 Stat. 292', included the first U.S. Federal income tax statute (seSec. 49. The Act, motivated by the need to fund the Civil War, imposed an income tax to be "levied, c ...

Revenue Act of 1862 The Revenue Act of 1862 (July 1, 1862, Ch. 119, ), was a bill the United States Congress passed to help fund the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln signed the act into law on July 1, 1862. The act established the office of the Commiss ...

* Revenue Act of 1894, known as the

Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act The Revenue Act or Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894 (ch. 349, §73, , August 27, 1894) slightly reduced the United States tariff rates from the numbers set in the 1890 McKinley tariff and imposed a 2% tax on income over $4,000. It is named for ...

War Revenue Act of 1898 The War Revenue Act of 1898 was legislation signed into law in the United States on June 13, 1898, which created a wide range of taxes to raise revenue for the American prosecution of the Spanish–American War. The legislation established the pre ...

Revenue Act of 1913 The Revenue Act of 1913, also known as the Tariff Act of 1913, Underwood Tariff or the Underwood–Simmons Act (ch. 16, ), re-established a federal income tax in the United States and substantially lowered tariff rates. The act was sponsored by R ...

Revenue Act of 1916 The United States Revenue Act of 1916, (ch. 463, , September 8, 1916) raised the lowest income tax rate from 1% to 2% and raised the top rate to 15% on taxpayers with incomes above $2 million ($ in dollars). Previously, the top rate had been 7% on ...

War Revenue Act of 1917 The United States War Revenue Act of 1917 greatly increased federal income tax An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income). Income tax ...

Revenue Act of 1918 The Revenue Act of 1918, 40 Stat. 1057, raised income tax rates over those established the previous year. The bottom tax bracket was expanded but raised from 2% to 6%. The act simplified the tax structure created by the 1917 act. Instead of ap ...

* Revenue Act of 1921 *

Revenue Act of 1924 The United States Revenue Act of 1924 () (June 2, 1924), also known as the Mellon tax bill (after U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon) cut federal tax rates for 1924 income. The bottom rate, on income under $4,000, fell from 1.5% to 1.1 ...

Revenue Act of 1926 The United States Revenue Act of 1926, , reduced inheritance and personal income taxes, cancelled many excise imposts, eliminated the gift tax and ended public access to federal income tax returns. The most notable parts of the Act were that m ...

Revenue Act of 1928 The Revenue Act of 1928 (May 29, 1928, ch. 852, 45 Stat. 791), formerly codified in part at 26 U.S.C. sec. 22(a), is a statute introduced as H.R. 1 and enacted by the 70th United States Congress in 1928 regarding tax policy. Section 605 of the Ac ...

Revenue Act of 1932 The Revenue Act of 1932 (June 6, 1932, ch. 209, ) raised United States tax rates across the board, with the rate on top incomes rising from 25 percent to 63 percent. The estate tax was doubled and corporate taxes were raised by almost 15 percent. ...

Revenue Act of 1934 The Revenue Act of 1934 (May 10, 1934, ch. 277, ) raised United States individual income tax rates marginally on higher incomes. The top individual income tax rate remained at 63 percent. It was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

Revenue Act of 1935 The Revenue Act of 1935, (Aug. 30, 1935), raised federal income tax on higher income levels, by introducing the "Wealth Tax". It was a progressive tax that took up to 75 percent of the highest incomes (over $1 million per year). The Congress sepa ...

Revenue Act of 1936 The Revenue Act of 1936, (June 22, 1936), established an " undistributed profits tax" on corporations in the United States . It was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The act was applicable to incomes for 1936 and thereafter. R ...

* Revenue Act of 1940 * Revenue Act of 1941 *

Revenue Act of 1942 The United States Revenue Act of 1942, Pub. L. 753, Ch. 619, 56 Stat. 798 (Oct. 21, 1942), increased individual income tax rates, increased corporate tax rates (top rate rose from 31% to 40%), and reduced the personal exemption amount from $1,500 t ...

* Revenue Act of 1943 * Revenue Act of 1945 * Revenue Act of 1948 *

Revenue Act of 1950 The United States Revenue Act of 1950 eliminated a portion of the individual income tax An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income). I ...

* Revenue Act of 1951 * Revenue Act of 1962 *

Revenue Act of 1964 The United States Revenue Act of 1964 (), also known as the Tax Reduction Act, was a tax cut act proposed by President John F. Kennedy, passed by the 88th United States Congress, and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The act becam ...

Tax Reform Act of 1969 The Tax Reform Act of 1969 () was a United States federal tax law signed by President Richard Nixon oDecember 30, 1969 Its largest impact was creating the Alternative Minimum Tax, which was intended to tax high-income earners who had previously a ...

Revenue Act of 1978 The United States Revenue Act of 1978, , amended the Internal Revenue Code by reducing individual income taxes (widening tax brackets and reducing the number of tax rates), increasing the personal exemption from $750 to $1,000, reducing corporate ...

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