War Revenue Act of 1898

War Revenue Act of 1898
55th United States Congress
Congress
Citation	30 Stat. 448
Enacted by	Congress
Enacted	June 10, 1898
Signed	June 13, 1898
Legislative history
Bill title	H.R. 10100
Introduced by	Nelson Dingley, Jr.
Introduced	April 25, 1898
Summary
Enacted numerous taxes and authorized Treasury bond sales to fund the Spanish–American War

The War Revenue Act of 1898 was legislation signed into law in the United States on June 13, 1898, which created a wide range of taxes to raise revenue for the American prosecution of the Spanish–American War. The legislation established the predecessor to the estate tax, and twice the Supreme Court of the United States issued rulings about the law.