The Bureau
of Engraving and Printing
is an agency within the United States Department
of the Treasury. Its mission is to develop and
produce U.S. currency notes and other security
documents, advise other Federal agencies on
document security matters, and to process claims
for the redemption of mutilated currency. |
The
United States' First Income Tax
was imposed soon after outbreak of the Civil War,
in 1861. The tax rate was initialy set at 3
percent on all incomes higher than $800 a year,
but was changed to include all incomes up to
$10,000 a year, with higher incomes taxed at 5
percent. |
