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Online Resources

 * 1862-1874 U.S., Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874 FamilySearch - Images only; Assessment lists (annual, monthly, and special) for the Territory of Montana, 1864-1872.
 * 1862-1918 U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 Ancestry-(Free /$); This collection includes annual, monthly and special assessment lists.
 * 1880-2009 Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009 - Images only; the county poll tax index, 1891-1898, and Great Falls tax lists for the years 1889, and 1891-1895, are included.

County Level
Tax records are arranged by range, township, and section number, and can be obtained by contacting the clerk and recorder at the county courthouse. Red Book

Tax Laws
Abraham Lincoln instituted the income tax in 1862, and on July 1, 1862, Congress passed the Internal Revenue Act, creating the Bureau of Internal Revenue (later renamed to the Internal Revenue Service). This act was intended to “provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the Public Debt.” Instituted in the height of the Civil War, the “Public Debt” at the time primarily consisted of war expenses. For the Southern States that were part of the Confederate side of the Civil War, once Union troops took over parts of the Southern States, income tax were instituted on them.


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 * To learn more about the Civil War taxes click here