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== Online Resources == | == Online Resources == | ||
*'''1862-1866''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/314277?availability=Family%20History%20Library Internal revenue tax assessment lists for Rhode Island, 1862-1866] ( | *'''1862-1866''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/314277?availability=Family%20History%20Library Internal revenue tax assessment lists for Rhode Island, 1862-1866] (Scroll down to camera click to open) ''list of Districts below'' | ||
*'''1862-1874''' - {{RecordSearch|2075263|U.S., Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874}} at FamilySearch. Images only. | *'''1862-1874''' - {{RecordSearch|2075263|U.S., Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874}} at FamilySearch. Images only. | ||
*'''1867-1873''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3368295?availability=Family%20History% Rhode Island, tax assessment lists, 1867-1873] (go to district and date you want, click on camera to view) | *'''1867-1873''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3368295?availability=Family%20History% Rhode Island, tax assessment lists, 1867-1873] (go to district and date you want, click on camera to view) | ||
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=== State Level === | === State Level === | ||
''''' | *''1862-1866'' Internal revenue assessment lists were created into divisions called Districts, each county is put into a district. County names are arranged alphabetically within the division and then within months. The following is a list of counties placed in which district. (knowing the district and county your ancestor lived in will make searching this years taxes list a little faster) <br> ''(scroll down to district desired and click on camera to open)''<br> | ||
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U.S. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists. ''Three types of Reports:'' '''A'''=Annual; '''M'''=Monthly; '''S'''=Special Years and Reports may be different. | |||
''DISTRICT'' 1: Cities of New Port, and Providence; Twps. of Barrington, Bristol, Cumberland, East Providence, Little Comption, Middletown, North Providence Pawtucket, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Tiverton, Warren<br> | |||
''DISTRICT'' 2: Twps of Burrillville, Charlestown, Coventry, Cranston, East Greenwich, Exeter, Foster, Glocester, Hopkinton, Jamestown, Johnston, New Shoreham, North Kingstown, Richmond, Scituate, South Kingstown, Warwick Westerly, West Greenwich<br> | |||
{{Tip|To find the Roll numbers, which include the Annual lists, Monthly and Special tax Lists, go to page 5 and 6 of the Research Guide located here: [[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WM-GVQM?i=4&wc=SD5K-B6S%3A387487901%2C387507201%2C387489501&cc=2075263 A Research guide for Rhode Island page 5 and 6 for dates]]}}<br> | {{Tip|To find the Roll numbers, which include the Annual lists, Monthly and Special tax Lists, go to page 5 and 6 of the Research Guide located here: [[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WM-GVQM?i=4&wc=SD5K-B6S%3A387487901%2C387507201%2C387489501&cc=2075263 A Research guide for Rhode Island page 5 and 6 for dates]]}}<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 tax 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] | ||
*To learn more about the Civil War taxes click [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1986/winter/civil-war-tax-records.html here] | |||
What history has shown us is that while property taxes are locally levied, there is significant state involvement with the amount of tax local political subdivisions can levy, how property assessments are conducted, and what services local taxing subdivisions must provide for their residents. This comes at a cost to state taxpayers, because the state has obligations it must fund as well, with a limited amount of state tax dollars. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||