I was told there is no law and our government has been deceiving us about this since 1913.
2007-05-09 15:24:47 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
I used to believe that, but the feds look at it different and don't take kindly to it. The stuff you are seeing is a mix of truth and BS. Be careful where you tread. I have not filed a tax return in 4 years, but that is because I am overseas and make considerably less then the $93,000 that ex pats foreign income must report and pay taxes over that amount. Please be careful what you believe. While they maybe correct to the letter of the law, the supreme court, nor our government agrees with that. Good luck
2016-05-19 04:03:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's interesting that you referenced the year 1913. That's the precise year the constitution was amended precisely to allow for the income tax.
Check out the U.S. constitution at any one of the thousand web sites that show it.
The income tax is absolutely legal. Do you think that all the tax lawyers in the U.S. would have missed the fact that income tax was illegal. Come on. Think!
2007-05-09 15:33:59 · answer #2 · answered by Box815 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
There are al lot of guys in Federal Prison for income tax evasion who thought the same thing.
2007-05-09 15:32:12 · answer #3 · answered by October 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whoever told you that is a first-class, grade-A, number-one butt-headed IDIOT. Period. Well, OK, he or she is also a Mucking Foron as well.
Title 26 of the US Code spells it all out.
BTW, laws do not enforce activity, they mandate or prohibit it. It's up to the police and the courts to handle enforcement. If you don't pay your taxes, the IRS will handle the enforcement end.
2007-05-09 20:30:57 · answer #4 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
The (low) mentality of "9/11 was an inside job" is just as apparent from their username as it is from their answer to this question.
OF COURSE there is a law, and to back it up, there are HUNDREDS if not thousands of court decisions.
2007-05-10 14:57:36 · answer #5 · answered by dwagsfive 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are group of people who argue that constitution don't require we pay income tax. And its really gimmick. Lot of people went to jail arguing for this.
2007-05-12 15:25:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, start using that argument as a reason to not pay income taxes. See what happens and report back to us.
2007-05-09 15:42:26 · answer #7 · answered by Steve 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-24 01:53:08 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do a search for "Title 26" on the web.
You will find the law.
2007-05-10 02:05:25 · answer #9 · answered by Wayne Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, here are the income tax laws, check out:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Income_tax
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sup_01_26_10_A.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sec_26_00006012----000-.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sec_26_00000001----000-.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sec_26_00000003----000-.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sec_26_00006651----000-.html
The source of the "no law" myth comes from a group called "tax protesters". A better label would be "tax law deniers".
For more detail on some of the income tax arguments, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_constitutional_arguments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_statutory_arguments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_conspiracy_arguments
2007-05-09 17:02:04 · answer #10 · answered by gray shadow 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋