Tax Drill - History of Tax

Indicate whether the following statements are "True" or "False" regarding the history of the Federal income tax.

a.	The Federal Union and the Confederate States of America used the income tax to raise funds to finance the Civil War.
b.	The U.S. Supreme Court found the federal corporate income tax to be unconstitutional because it was treated as an excise tax.
c.	The ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1913 sanctioned both the Federal individual and corporate income taxes.

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d.	The need for revenues to finance the war effort during World War II converted the income tax into a mass tax.
e.	In 1943, Congress passed the Current Tax Payment Act, which provided for the first pay-as-you-go tax system.
f.	One trend that has caused considerable concern is the decreasing complexity of the Federal income tax laws.