Your Income Tax: Then v. Now

Your Income Tax: Then v. Now

Published April 18, 2016 6:20pm ET



Americans for Tax Reform is using tax day as an opportunity to remind people what the income tax once looked like.

A graphic shows that income tax brackets once ranged from 1% – 7%, but now range from 10% – 39.6%. The tax code itself has grown from 400 pages to 74,608 pages.

Take a look: