when did the irs come into existence and why
Internal Revenue Service The IRS originated with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, a federal office created in 1862 to assess the nation's first income tax, which was to raise funds for the American Civil War. The temporary measure provided over a fifth of the Union's war expenses and was allowed to expire a decade later. In 1913, the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified authorizing Congress to impose a tax on income, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue was established. In the 1950s, the agency was renamed the Internal Revenue Service and significantly reorganized. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 modernized the IRS and restructured it along a private sector model.
51st state Before Alaska and Hawaii became states of the United States in 1959, the corresponding expression was "the 49th state".
United States Secret Service After the 1901 assassination of President William McKinley, Congress also directed the Secret Service to protect the President of the United States. Protection remains the other key mission of the United States Secret Service.
Smith & Wesson On February 15, 2002, the name of the newly formed entity was changed to Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation.[25]
Independent agencies of the United States government Established through separate statutes passed by the Congress, each respective statutory grant of authority defines the goals the agency must work towards, as well as what substantive areas, if any, over which it may have the power of rulemaking. These agency rules (or regulations), when in force, have the power of federal law.
ICD-10 Work on ICD-10 began in 1983 and was completed in 1992.[1]