Income Tax. Is there a law saying to "have" to pay?

Question

I was watching America: Freedom to Fascism and it really got my interest. Is there really a law the requires us to pay???

Answer 1

Hi I know what why don't you stop paying taxes and In three years you tell me what happen to you and If you didn't get in trouble I will join you LOL!!!

Answer 2

Yes we do have to pay Income Tax. I did not take the time to look up the law but check out the Social Security Administration website or the Department of Health & Human Services website and it will give you the info u need. Everbody dont' pay taxes like they're supposed to and nothing is being done about it. It is a documented law though. Immigrants that come to the U.S. don't pay taxes. Why, I don't even know. It makes hard working people like us feel bad.

Answer 3

Yes there is such a law. I've included lots of references so you can look it up yourself.

So why couldn't the producers of "Freedom to Fascism" find these laws? Because it is an intellectuall dishonest film. But don't take my word for it. From the NY Times:

"Facts Refute Filmmaker’s Assertions on Income Tax in ‘America’"

"...examination of the assertions in Mr. Russo’s documentary.. shows... they ... collapse under the weight of fact."

"Many of the reviews in major newspapers have accepted as having some factual basis the film’s main contention, ... even though every court that has ever ruled on these issues has upheld the constitutionality of the income tax.

"... Mr. Russo says ...that the Internal Revenue Service has refused every request to show any law making Americans liable for an income tax on their wages. ... Yet among those thanked in the credits for their help in making the film is Anthony Burke, an I.R.S. spokesman. Mr. Burke said that when Mr. Russo called him asking what law required the payment of income taxes on wages, he sent Mr. Russo a link to documents, including Title 26 of the United States Code, citing the specific sections that require income taxes be paid on wages. Title 26 says on its face that it is law enacted by Congress."

"..Arguments made in court that the income tax is invalid are so baseless that Congress has authorized fines of $25,000 for anyone who makes them..."

"... Mr. Russo says in the film that the 16th Amendment was never properly ratified and thus a tax on wages is unconstitutional. This claim has been made in various forms by thousands of tax protesters since 1913, and so far their batting average with the courts is .000.
To buttress the claim that the 16th Amendment is invalid, the film displays a quotation from a federal district judge, James C. Fox. But the transcript from which the judge’s words were taken shows that while he spoke those words, they were in the context of laying out issues and that the conclusion he reached was the opposite of the words quoted."

(ref: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/31/movies/31russ.html?ei=5088&en=05c0d0988f58fc50&ex=1311998400&partner=rssnyt&emc=rs )

it is unfortunate that there are fringe elements that propagate this fiction. A lot of people have lost their possessions and have gone to jail because they believed it.

Answer 4

Amendment XVI

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.

Answer 5

They have guns.

They were willing to use them in Waco, Ruby Ridge, and to sent a little boy named Elian Gonzales back to Cuba. They were willing to use them in the Whisky Rebellion, the Civil War, and at Wounded Knee.

Yes, there's a law that says you have to pay. "The Law of Survival".

You must like the status quo, you keep voting for it.

Answer 6

Yes there is. Constitutional articles give congress the power to levy taxes.

Go here: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articlei.html
And see "Section 8".

Answer 7

Tell ya what....read this:

http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/taxes/ustax.shtml

Then you will have answered your own question.

Answer 8

Yeah, it's called the IRS!

Answer 9

lol...this is a joke correct..remember AL Cobone...he was taken in for tax evasion!