Marked shift towards federal income tax, laid foundation for future tax policy and wartime mobilization strategies.

 

Significance

  •  Increased spending for military operations, loans to allies, domestic mobilization.
  • Decreased spending on other programs to fund war effort.
  • Introduced income tax, excess profits tax, luxury tax. Repealed some wartime taxes after the war.

 

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