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 The Bureau of
Engraving and Printing is of the
United States Department of the Treasury. Its
mission is to develop and produce U.S. currency
notes and other security documents, advise other
Federal agencies on document security matters,
and to process claims for the redemption of
mutilated currency. |
 The
United States' First Income Tax was
imposed soon after outbreak of the Civil War, in
1861. The tax rate was initialy set at 3 percent
on all incomes higher than $800 a year, but was
changed to include all incomes up to $10,000 a
year, with higher incomes taxed at 5 percent. |
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