Tariffs were the greatest (approaching 95% at times) source of federal revenue until the federal income tax began after 1913. For well over a century the federal government was largely …

1 天前 · From 1790 to 1860, tariffs accounted for 90% of federal revenue, according to Douglas Irwin, a Dartmouth College economist who has studied the history of trade policy. Tariffs fell …

2025年1月27日 · Before the federal income tax was established in 1913, tariffs were a major revenue driver for the government. From 1790 to 1860, tariffs accounted for 90% of federal …

2020年7月23日 · Not long after the Boston Tea Party, George Washington signed the Tariff Act in 1789 to protect American manufacturing, encourage trade, and raise revenue for the federal …

2024年8月6日 · Tariffs—taxes on imported goods—have been a feature of U.S. trade policy since the nation’s founding. Until the Civil War, they made up the vast majority of government …

In the present essay we shall consider, not so much the economic effect of the tariff, as the character of the early protective movement and its effect on political events and on legislation.

2019年3月17日 · This analysis reveals that tariffs in the modern era no longer further the same interests as those served earlier in our history, which were to raise revenue for the federal …

2023年9月26日 · This essay investigates the historical development of tariff policy between the Founding era and the end of World War II.

2021年1月11日 · Key Dates in U.S. Tariff History 1913: Underwood Tariff Act reimposes federal income tax and lowers tariff rates from roughly 40% to 25%. Revenue now comes primarily …

2024年12月19日 · Historically, countries used tariffs as a primary means of collecting revenue. Today, other taxes account for most government revenue in developed countries. Tariffs are …