Where is the law written that states we have to file income tax returns, giving the IRS our money?

Question

Some say the 16th Amendment but I'm looking for a document that makes it mandatory. Even in the Statutes used by the IRS, the word "income" is not defined.

Answer 1

You are right. Don't pay yours. Its all a scam by the government

Answer 2

Federal tax law, as enacted by Congress, is set forth in Title 26 of the United States Code, and is called the Internal Revenue Code. Title 26 is divided into a number of Subtitles.

Some tax protesters argue that there is no law imposing a Federal income tax or requiring the filing of a return, or that the government is obligated to show the tax protesters the law or tell the protesters why they are subject to tax, or that the government has refused to disclose the law. Although the specific statutes imposing an income tax may be generally unknown to persons other than tax lawyers, certified public accountants, enrolled agents and other tax specialists, it can easily be demonstrated that such laws exist.

For example, a New York Times article on July 31, 2006 states that when filmmaker Aaron Russo asked an IRS spokesman for the law requiring payment of income taxes on wages and was provided a link to various documents including title 26 of the United States Code (the Internal Revenue Code), Russo denied that title 26 was the law, contending that it consisted only of IRS "regulations" and had not been enacted by Congress.

According to the United States Statutes at Large (published by the United States Government Printing Office) the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, the predecessor to the current 1986 code, was enacted by the Eighty-Third Congress of the United States with the phrase "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled" and was "approved" (signed into law) at 9:45 A.M., Eastern Daylight Time, on August 16, 1954, and published as volume 68A of the United States Statutes at Large. Section 1(a)(1) of the enactment states: "The provisions of this Act set forth under the heading 'Internal Revenue Title' may be cited as the 'Internal Revenue Code of 1954'. Section 1(d) of the enactment is entitled "Enactment of Internal Revenue Title Into Law", and the text of the Code follows, beginning with the statutory Table of Contents. The enactment ends with the approval (enactment) notation on page 929. Section 2(a) of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 changed the name of the Code from the "1954" Code to the "1986" Code.

Answer 3

If I understand the situation correctly, you did not include the false $10K in W2 wages on your recently filed tax returns. If that is correct, you will later receive a letter from the IRS asking about the $10K. That may take some time, as it takes a while for the IRS to match information returns (such as W2s) to tax returns.

Answer 4

The word "income" is clearly defined as to its meaning in the tax code in 26 U.S.C. s.61, among other places.

There are several places in the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations (26 U.S.C. and 26 C.F.R., respectively) that require both the payment of taxes on income, and the filing of returns.

Answer 5

There was this document, you may not have heard of it. It's call the Constitution of the United States. Look there. You know those politicians we send to our state and national capitols to make our laws? Guess how they get paid? Taxes. You want representation, you gotta have taxation to pay for it. You don't want representation? Move to Cuba!

Answer 6

How could this be more clear? "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration."