4 meanings of TPDES acronym and TPDES abbreviation. Get the definition of TPDES by All Acronyms dictionary. Top Definition: Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Originated in 1913, the income tax is one of them. The federal government raises revenue with the income tax, where it used tariffs prior. The Underwood Tariff Act of 1913 sought to control tariffs by reducing them and replacing lost revenue via the income tax.
Wilson maneuvered through Congress three major pieces of legislation. The first was a lower tariff, the Underwood Act; attached to the measure was a graduated Federal income tax.