Revenue Act of 1917
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The Revenue Act of 1917 was a U.S. federal law that significantly increased income and excess profits taxes to help finance American involvement in World War I.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| War Revenue Act of 1917 | 2 |
| Revenue Act of 1917 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6410287 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Revenue Act of 1917 Context triple: [Revenue Act of 1916, replacedBy, Revenue Act of 1917]
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A.
Revenue Act of 1916
The Revenue Act of 1916 was a landmark U.S. federal tax law that significantly expanded income taxation and introduced new taxes to help finance the government in the lead-up to American involvement in World War I.
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B.
Revenue Act of 1918
The Revenue Act of 1918 was a major U.S. federal tax law that sharply increased income and excess profits taxes to help finance American involvement in World War I and reshape the nation’s fiscal policy.
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C.
Revenue Act of 1921
The Revenue Act of 1921 was a U.S. federal tax law that significantly reduced wartime tax rates and marked the beginning of Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon's pro-business tax reduction policies in the 1920s.
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D.
Revenue Act of 1913
The Revenue Act of 1913 was a landmark U.S. law that reintroduced a federal income tax and significantly lowered tariffs, reshaping the nation’s fiscal policy in the early 20th century.
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E.
Revenue Act of 1942
The Revenue Act of 1942 was a major U.S. tax law that greatly expanded the federal income tax base and increased rates to help finance American involvement in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Revenue Act of 1917 Target entity description: The Revenue Act of 1917 was a U.S. federal law that significantly increased income and excess profits taxes to help finance American involvement in World War I.
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A.
Revenue Act of 1916
The Revenue Act of 1916 was a landmark U.S. federal tax law that significantly expanded income taxation and introduced new taxes to help finance the government in the lead-up to American involvement in World War I.
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B.
Revenue Act of 1918
The Revenue Act of 1918 was a major U.S. federal tax law that sharply increased income and excess profits taxes to help finance American involvement in World War I and reshape the nation’s fiscal policy.
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C.
Revenue Act of 1921
The Revenue Act of 1921 was a U.S. federal tax law that significantly reduced wartime tax rates and marked the beginning of Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon's pro-business tax reduction policies in the 1920s.
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D.
Revenue Act of 1913
The Revenue Act of 1913 was a landmark U.S. law that reintroduced a federal income tax and significantly lowered tariffs, reshaping the nation’s fiscal policy in the early 20th century.
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E.
Revenue Act of 1942
The Revenue Act of 1942 was a major U.S. tax law that greatly expanded the federal income tax base and increased rates to help finance American involvement in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
tax law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | War Revenue Act of 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| amends | Revenue Act of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
business profits
ⓘ
corporations ⓘ individual taxpayers ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| authority | United States Constitution Article I taxing power ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| effect |
greater progressivity of the federal tax system
ⓘ
substantial increase in federal tax revenues ⓘ |
| enactedDuringConflict | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enactmentDate | 1917-10-03 ⓘ |
| enactmentYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Revenue Act of 1918 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | legislative branch of the United States ⓘ |
| historicalContext | United States entry into World War I ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Progressive Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Bureau of Internal Revenue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Treasury Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| increased |
corporate income tax burden
ⓘ
excess profits tax rates ⓘ individual income tax rates ⓘ |
| introducedConcept | war excess profits tax ⓘ |
| legalArea | federal taxation ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| partOf | United States federal tax code history ⓘ |
| policyGoal | to shift more tax burden to high incomes and corporate profits ⓘ |
| policyType | fiscal policy ⓘ |
| presidentAtEnactment | Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
to increase excess profits taxes
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to increase federal income tax rates ⓘ to raise revenue for World War I ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
United States income tax history
ⓘ
United States war revenue legislation ⓘ |
| revenueType |
excess profits tax
ⓘ
income tax ⓘ war profits tax ⓘ |
| signedBy | Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
progressive taxation
ⓘ
war finance ⓘ |
| taxBase |
excess profits over a defined normal return
ⓘ
net income ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Revenue Act of 1917 Description of subject: The Revenue Act of 1917 was a U.S. federal law that significantly increased income and excess profits taxes to help finance American involvement in World War I.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
War Revenue Act of 1917
this entity surface form:
War Revenue Act of 1917