For those who are curious, pre-vocational/vocational ballet students start ballet at 8-10 years of age and eventually take 20-30 hours of ballet technique classes along with other dance forms, conditioning and rehearsal. You can be assessed out at any year.
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.
Personal Income Tax. History shows that it was the states that introduced personal income tax into America. The first modern personal income tax system was originated in 1911 by the State of Wisconsin. Today, most of the states require their residents to pay a personal income tax. These states generally use one of two methods to determine income tax. These two methods are the graduated income tax and the flat rate income tax, and both methods first require the taxpayer to figure his or her taxable income. State Sales Tax A sales tax is a tax levied on the sale of goods and services.