At first, this was to be a temporary tax, but it remained in effect until the fall of the Republic in 1797.
Occasionally there were temporary taxes levied in order to pay for wars.
The only measure to come out of this session was a temporary tax on health care providers.
The president also introduced temporary taxes on exports, which were intended to increase central government revenue.
Starting in the third year, the temporary tax would be phased out over five years.
It is a temporary tax to help the military.
But the "temporary" tax brought in more money than predicted.
The funds come from continuation of temporary taxes approved last year.
A bill that the Senate passed last spring would end the fiction of a temporary tax by making it permanent.
More than $400 million worth of "temporary" taxes were extended for at least one more year.