I know it is for the government but I don't remember signing any piece of paper saying I owe them money.
2007-07-20 18:16:43 · 7 answers · asked by thetimbosley 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Because thousands of people on welfare depend on you.
2007-07-20 18:25:29 · answer #1 · answered by Odd Little Animal 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Taxation has four main purposes: Revenue, Redistribution, Repricing, and Representation.
The first is revenue: taxes raise money to spend on roads, schools and hospitals, and on more indirect government functions like good regulation or justice systems. This is the most widely known function.
The second aspect is redistribution. Normally, this means transferring wealth from the richest sections of society to poorer sections, and this function is widely accepted in most democracies, although the extent to which this should happen is always controversial.
A third purpose of taxation is repricing. Taxes are levied to address externalities: tobacco is taxed, for example, to discourage smoking, and many people advocate policies such as implementing a carbon tax as a way of tackling global warming.
A fourth purpose of taxation is Representation (politics). The American revolutionary slogan "no taxation without representation" implied this: rulers tax citizens, and citizens demand accountability from their rulers as the other part of this bargain. Several studies] have shown that direct taxation (such as income taxes) generates the greatest degree of accountability and better governance, while indirect taxation tends to have smaller effects. This last "R" is one of the most fundamental beneficial effects of taxation, but it is often forgotten.
2007-07-21 01:28:52 · answer #2 · answered by whiskey_tears 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's the law, pure and simple.
Just like the law that says you have to have a drivers license to drive a car. Just like the law that makes it illegal to drive while drunk. Just like the law that says you have to stop at a red light. You probably didn't sign a piece of paper on those laws either but you still have to abide by them.
2007-07-21 04:00:25 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You pay taxes so you and others can recieve services.We should proudly pay our taxes because you get your money back in services like education, defense, space exploration,agriculture,law enforcement, I am not reach but I pay my taxes very proudly.
2007-07-21 01:26:01 · answer #4 · answered by ebay_singh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's the law - i think it actually might be an amendment o the constitution - hey if you don't want to pay taxes you can always leave the country - although i doubt you'd find many countries that won't make you pay taxes - i don't think the big oil producing countries make you pay taxes - move to saudia arabia or the UAE
2007-07-21 01:21:44 · answer #5 · answered by lancej0hns0n 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
BUT YOU DID. YOU SIGNED A PIECE OF PAPER SAYING THAT YOU WOULD PAY INCOME TAXES.
YOU DO IT EVERY DAY AND YOU NOT KNOW IT.
PLEASE READ.
http://www.outlawslegal.com/InvCont/incon.htm
2007-07-21 09:22:27 · answer #6 · answered by rhett_madison 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's the 16th Amendment to our beloved Constitution.
2007-07-21 01:26:08 · answer #7 · answered by rawlings12345 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋