whats the law that says we have to pay fedral income tax?

Question

i just watch a documentary that says the fedral income tax is a sham and where getting ripped off. they say thier is no law that say's we have to pay it. i just want to get some more info on it.

Answer 1

You are wrong. I know the "film" you are referring too. Just try and use the income tax is unconstitutional line and you will find yourself in jail. It has been tried in several courts. How else would our government function without income taxes?

Answer 2

There are actually several laws dealing with this.

First, it is wrong to say that the 16th Amendment allows Congress to pass an income tax. Article I of the Constitution allows Congress to collect taxes but places the restriction on that power that all direct taxes must be apportioned. Before the 16th Amendment was passed, income taxes MAY have been unconstitutional because it is impossible to apportion an income tax. However, there is a very strong argument as to why income taxes are not direct taxes. Nevertheless, the 16th Admendment made it clear that income taxes need not be apportioned.

After the 16th Amendment was passed, Congress passed the Internal Revenue Code which is Title 26 of the United States Code. This makes it quite clear that you have to pay federal income taxes.

Answer 3

Don't be fooled by this 'documentary' unless you want to end up in jail. But there IS a legal way to get rid of income taxes.

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The FairTax bill is a lot more fair than the current tax code. It would eliminate many tax loopholes for the rich and corporations. You would get your entire paycheck each week. Social security tax, income tax, and many other taxes would be eliminated. The hassle and headaches that occur every year around April would be just a distant nightmare from the past.

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Answer 4

Well, there is a law that says you have to pay it.

The first one was under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, of the U.S. Constitution. This was back in the 1800s.

The second one is in the 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (from 1913).

Today, the law is somewhere in the U.S. Code.......

Hope this helped. You do have to pay income tax.

Answer 5

The Constitution only says that Congress can levy an income tax. The law that says you have to file income tax returns is found in the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. sec. 6012. A claim that there was no such law has been found to be "blatant nonsense." (Newman v. Schiff, 778 F.2d 460.)

Answer 6

The US Constitution was amended to allow the US government to collect income taxes.

Answer 7

Repulsively enough, it's the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution. How they could dare defile that document with such a thing continues to elude me.