14 April 1998 - capital gains

“Yeah, that’s when we hit on the idea of totally leaving out all the capital gains info from the 1040 booklet. You know, Congress just changed the law, and it got more complicated, and slobs who never had to fill out a Schedule D before suddenly get socked with a whole new form, and, like, it was just too brilliant to pass up.”
— from an interview with an IRS form designer