CLINT, TX. CLINT, TEXAS. Clint, also known as Collinsburgh, is on the Southern Pacific Railroad at the intersection of State Highway 20 and Farm Road 1110, sixteen miles southeast of downtown El Paso in southern El Paso County.
The first income tax was instituted by Congress to help pay for the American Civil War. In 1863, the federal government collected the first income tax. This graduated tax was similar to the income tax we pay today. Those who earned $600 to $10,000 per year paid at a rate of 3 percent. Those who earned in excess of $10,000 paid 5 percent. A flat-rate tax was imposed in 1867.
16th Amendment Forward: In 1913, with World War I looming, ratification of the 16th Amendment permanently established the income tax. The amendment gave Congress the authority to impose a tax on the income earned by both individuals and corporations. By 1918, government revenue generated from the income tax exceeded $1 billion for the first time, and topped $5 billion by 1920. The introduction of the mandatory withholding tax on employee wages in 1943 increased tax revenue to almost $45 billion by 1945.