N. Cognito
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You heard correctly; the 16th Amendment, passed in 1913, PERMITS Congress to levy tax regardless of income, but Congress has not passed a specific law that does so. The IRS has formulated statutes (which do not carry the weight of law because they are not backed by law) that it uses to force payment even though payment is not legally required. |
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bostonianinmo
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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. |
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Judy1
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Don't believe everything you hear..... whoever told you that is wrong, and believing it and acting on it will get you in trouble.
The law, by the way, is the 16th amendment to the Constitution. |
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October
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There are al lot of guys in Federal Prison for income tax evasion who thought the same thing. |
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Box815
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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! |
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Steve
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Well, start using that argument as a reason to not pay income taxes. See what happens and report back to us. |
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gray shadow
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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 |
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Hello
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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. |
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Wayne Z
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Do a search for "Title 26" on the web.
You will find the law. |
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dwagsfive
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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. |
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Sonic is trying to stay Retired
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Hmnnn? I wonder how Al Capone was sent to jail for tax evasion then? |
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taram
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Yes, there are laws. Go to www.irs.gov and check them out yourself. |
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kris
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Its called the IRS! Why do you need a law, if we don't pay tax we don't have a counrty! |
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Cowgirl seahorse rider
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Now dont believe every thing you hear. Yes there is a law. |
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9/11 was an inside job
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I think this subject is a little gray.
No there is not a law anyone can show you.
In 1913 there was a lot of very questionable activities going on.
There is much information proving we don't have to pay. |
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