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The Nebraska State Historical Society is continually collecting county records. At present they have tax records for forty-three counties and assessment records for many others, All for various periods of time. <ref>[https://wiki.rootsweb.com/wiki/index.php/Nebraska_Tax_Records Red Book]</ref> | The Nebraska State Historical Society is continually collecting county records. At present they have tax records for forty-three counties and assessment records for many others, All for various periods of time. <ref>[https://wiki.rootsweb.com/wiki/index.php/Nebraska_Tax_Records Red Book]</ref> | ||
[http://history.nebraska.gov/ Nebraska State Historical Society]<br> | [http://history.nebraska.gov/ '''Nebraska State Historical Society''']<br> | ||
1500 "R" Street<br>PO Box 82554<br>Lincoln, NE 68501<br><br>Telephone: (402) 471-3270<br>Tollfree: (800) 833-6747<br>Fax: (402) 471-3100<br>For questions for the Reference Room/Library: [mailto:nshs.reference@nebraska.gov Email]<br><br> | 1500 "R" Street<br>PO Box 82554<br>Lincoln, NE 68501<br><br>Telephone: (402) 471-3270<br>Tollfree: (800) 833-6747<br>Fax: (402) 471-3100<br>For questions for the Reference Room/Library: [mailto:nshs.reference@nebraska.gov Email]<br><br> | ||
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== Tax Laws == | == Tax Laws == | ||
Abraham Lincoln instituted the income tax in 1862, and on July 1, 1862, Congress passed the Internal Revenue Act, creating the Bureau of Internal Revenue (later renamed to the Internal Revenue Service). This act was intended to “provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the Public Debt.” Instituted in the height of the Civil War, the “Public Debt” at the time primarily consisted of war expenses. For the Southern States that were part of the Confederate side of the Civil War, once Union troops took over parts of the Southern States, income | Abraham Lincoln instituted the income tax in 1862, and on July 1, 1862, Congress passed the Internal Revenue Act, creating the Bureau of Internal Revenue (later renamed to the Internal Revenue Service). This act was intended to “provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the Public Debt.” Instituted in the height of the Civil War, the “Public Debt” at the time primarily consisted of war expenses. For the Southern States that were part of the Confederate side of the Civil War, once Union troops took over parts of the Southern States, income taxes were instituted on them. <ref>[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1264 Creation of the IRA]</ref> | ||
*To learn more about this Collection click [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States,_Internal_Revenue_Assessment_Lists_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) here] | *To learn more about this Collection click [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States,_Internal_Revenue_Assessment_Lists_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) here] | ||