Don't have access to ProQuest or Hein? Or need a "quick and dirty" legislative history? Look to the U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News (a.k.a. USCAAN) for a concise legislative history. Look up the public law number in the LH volume of the appropriate year.
Print Sources
•Barton's Federal Tax Laws Correlated (1913-1954). KF6335 .A3 1968.
•Seidman's Legislative History of Federal Income & Excess Profits Tax Laws 1953-1939. KF6369 .S448 2003. Also available online.
•Seidman's Legislative History of Federal Income & Excess Profits Tax Laws 1938-1861 . KF6369 .S45 2003. Also available online.
•West's Internal Revenue Acts: Text & Legislative History (annual, as needed). KF6265.99 U54.
Online Sources:
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