This article is about the city of Cape Canaveral, Florida. For the geographical feature, see Cape Canaveral. For the site neighboring the Kennedy Space Center, see Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. For the neighboring port, see Port Canaveral. Cape Canaveral is a city in Brevard County, Florida. The population was 9,912 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Palm BayâMelbourneâTitusville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
More energized than demoralized by the Supreme Courtâs invalidation of the 1894 income tax, fiscal reformers mounted a powerful campaign to resuscitate the levy. By 1913, they had engineered ratification of a new constitutional amendment, clearly establishing the federal governmentâs authority to levy an income tax.
President Lincoln signed into law a revenue-raising measure to help pay for Civil War expenses. The measure created a Commissioner of Internal Revenue and the nation's first income tax. It levied a 3 percent tax on incomes between $600 and $10,000 and a 5 percent tax on incomes of more than $10,000.Heeding public opposition to the income tax, Congress cut the tax rate.From 1868 until 1913, 90 percent of all revenue came from taxes on liquor, beer, wine and tobacco. Income tax repealed. The Wilson Tariff Act revived the income tax and an income tax division within the Bureau of Internal Revenue was created.eeding public opposition to the income tax, Congress cut the tax rate. From 1868 until 1913, 90 percent of all revenue came from taxes on liquor, beer, wine and tobacco. Income tax repealed. The Wilson Tariff Act revived the income tax and an income tax division within the Bureau of Internal Revenue was created.