There have been a large number of tax reform acts, which were passed by the United States Congress. These acts were introduced in relation to the taxation of the corporations and individuals in the United States of America. The principal objective behind the passing of these acts is to make the tax collection system more convenient and the supervision of taxation system more widespread in nature.
The tax reform acts in the United States can be categorized into the following types:
Internal Revenue Codes
Revenue Act of 1861
Revenue Act of 1862
Revenue Act of 1864
Revenue Act of 1913
Revenue Act of 1916
- War Revenue Act of 1917
- Revenue Act of 1918
- Revenue Act of 1921
- Revenue Act of 1924
- Revenue Act of 1926
- Revenue Act of 1928
- Revenue Act of 1932
- Revenue Act of 1934
- Revenue Act of 1935
- Revenue Act of 1936
- Revenue Act of 1940
- Second Revenue Act of 1940
- Revenue Act of 1941
- Revenue Act of 1942
- Revenue Act of 1943
- Current Tax Payment Act of 1943
- Individual Income Tax of 1944
- Revenue Act of 1945
- Revenue Act of 1948
- Revenue Act of 1950
- Excess Profits Tax of 1950
- Revenue Act of 1951
- Excise Tax Reduction Act of 1954
- Internal Revenue Code of 1954
- Revenue Act of 1962
- Revenue Act of 1964
- Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968
- Tax Reform Act of 1969
- Revenue Act of 1971
- Tax Reduction Act of 1975
- Tax Reform Act of 1976
- Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977
- Revenue Act of 1978
- Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981
- Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982
- Tax Reform Act of 1986
- Internal Revenue Code of 1986
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
- Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2 (1996)
- Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
- Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998
- Taxpayer Bill of Rights 3 (1998)
- Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
- Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002
- Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003
- Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
Tariffs
- 1789: Hamilton Tariff (Hamilton I)
- 1790: Tariff of 1790 (Hamilton II)
- 1792: Hamilton III (Tariff of 1792)
- 1816: Dallas Tariff (Dallas)
- 1824: Tariff of 1824 (Sectional)
- 1828: Tariff of 1828 ("Abominations")
- 1832 Tariff of 1832
- 1833: Tariff of 1833 (Compromise)
- 1842: Tariff of 1842 (Black)
- 1846: Walker Tariff (Walker)
- 1857 Tariff of 1857
- 1861: Morrill Tariff (Morrill)
- 1872 Tariff of 1872
- 1875 Tariff of 1875
- 1883: Mongrel Tariff (Mongrel)
- 1890: McKinley Tariff (McKinley)
- 1894: Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act (Wilson-Gorman)
- 1897: Dingley Act (Dingley)
- 1909: Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act (Payne-Aldrich)
- 1913: Revenue Act of 1913 (Underwood)
- 1921: Emergency Tariff of 1921 (Emergency)
- 1922: Fordney-McCumber Tariff (Fordney-McCumber)
- 1930: Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (Smoot-Hawley)
- 1934: Reciprocal Tariff Act (Reciprocal)
- 1948: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
- 1962 Trade Expansion Act
- 1974/75 Trade Act of 1974
- 1979 Foreign Trade Act
- 1984 Trade and Tariff Act
- 1988 Omnibus Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act
- 1989: Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (Canada FT)
- 1993: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- 1994: World Trade Organization (WTO)
- 2002: United States Steel Tariff (Steel)
