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Montgomery On Income Tax, Alfred Robert Roberts

Accounting Historians Notebook

The radification of the Sixteenth Amendment led Montgomery to make many trips to Washington to consult with Cordell Hull, who was very influential in framing the tax bill. Evidence indicates that Hull used some of Montgomery's arguments in trying to draft a fair tax bill. In 1913, Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery published a sixty-four page booklet entitled, Income Tax Guide. The rates were so low that there was little resistance to the tax, and there was little difficulty complying with the tax law. Montgomery felt that the low rates and easy compliance could not last long and he constantly …