Marriage in the Tax Code, Part 5: Examples of Taxes in 1920
This blog post gives a couple of examples of how taxes worked for married couples in 1920.
Marriage in the Tax Code, Part 4: Joint Returns Still the Norm in 1917
A brief history of marriage in the tax code: tax reform in 1917 brought about big changes, but not to the way most married couples filed tax returns … yet
Marriage in the Tax Code, Part 3: Big Changes in 1917
The treatment of marriage in the tax code was different 100 years ago than it is now.
A Brief History of Marriage in the Tax Code, Part 2: Taxes in 1913
A look at what taxes were like in Year 1 of the U.S. income tax, and how it ties in to the filing statuses we have today.
A Brief History of Marriage in the Tax Code: Part 1, In the Beginning
Part 1 of an ongoing series about the history of marriage in the U.S. tax code.
A Brief History of Marriage in the Tax Code: Introduction
Tax law treats married people differently from unmarried people, but why? To answer, we have to look at the history of marriage in the tax code.