Should income tax information be public?
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Historically, federal income tax returns have sometimes been public information. On three occasions, the federal government has made income tax information publicly available. Under the first federal income tax, implemented during the Civil War, income tax returns were not deemed confidential information. The modern income tax, implemented in 1913, did not include language automatically making return information public. The final period of income tax publicity came in the early years of the New Deal. The barriers to income tax publicity are not insurmountable, as property tax information is a matter of public record in America. Public income tax information is the rule in several Nordic countries. However, implementing such a policy in the United States would face powerful opposition.

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https://www.brookings.edu/articles/should-income-tax-information-be-public/