Professor Mark J. Perry's Blog for Economics and Finance
See the original 1913 IRS 1040 form here (only 4 pages including all forms and instructions). 
Dr. Mark J. Perry is a professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan. Perry holds two graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) from George Mason University near Washington, D.C. In addition, he holds an MBA degree in finance from the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. In addition to a faculty appointment at the University of Michigan-Flint, Perry is also a visiting scholar at The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
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Bring us back to 1912.
Of course, back in 1913, they didn't have the computer applications that would take all the work out of doing your taxes. We've since corrected that problem - the tool to do your 1913 income taxes is here!
The reason they introduced a progressive tax system in 1913 is that the robber-barons had taken over the economy. That is the same situation we have today where the robber-barons like Enron, the oil companies, the insurance and pharmacutical industries are robbing us. The flat tax system is supported only by the robber-baron replublicans. It is a way for the rich to get richer with lower tax rates.
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