Where does it say that americans have to pay tax?

Can anybody show me the law and the source that says that americans, legally on a federal level, have to pay tax?

Forget state laws that say that they have to pay money to the us government according to a federal law. Show me the federal law.

Also can you explain why most former IRS agents get away with not paying taxes. Which, by the way, is different from filing taxes improperly.
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What is the definition of the word "income"?

The law is Title 26 of the U.S. Code. You can read it at http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/26/usc_sup_01_26.html or at http://uscode.house.gov/download/title_26.shtml

The sections that apply to most residents of the U.S. and U.S. citizens worldwide are sections 1, 61, 62, 63, 3402, 6011, and 6012.

The following website has an explanation.
http://www.quatloos.com/hereisthelaw.htm

Re: Most IRS agents get away with not paying taxes
Since when did three or four morons become most? BTW, one of the morons, Sherry Peel Jackson, was recently convicted of willful failure to file tax returns and was sentenced to four years in federal prison. She and her family still have to pay the taxes and penalties.
http://tpgurus.wikidot.com/sherry-jackson

Re: What is the definition of income.
Income is one of those words that have fairly well understood meanings to the average person but are difficult to define in a concise and authoritative way. While the tax statutes don't specifically define the word income, it does define "gross income". Basically, income is the payment received for goods or services or from other sources. The Supreme Court has defined income as "undeniable accessions to wealth, clearly realized, and over which the taxpayers have complete dominion,..." Commissioner v. Glenshaw GlassCo., 348 U.S. 426, 431 (1955).

Re: What are income taxes spent on?
Income taxes go into the general fund as revenues. Expenses of the government, i.e. Military, Department of Transportation, EPA, FDA, FAA, FBI, CIA, NSA, DOE, Homeland Security, FCC, NASA, USDA, etc. are all funded out of the general fund. Interest on the debt is also funded from the general fund. In 2007, the total amount of income taxes collected was $1.16 trillion. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AohJU8pMksd3wKojEDkrUW2kxQt.;_ylv=3?link=answer&qid=20080323125355AAg7DRO
The amount of interest on the debt was $430 billion.
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/ir/ir_expense.htm
Therefore, about $730 billion was left over from individual income taxes to fund other things. That doesn't include the money collected from corporate income taxes, excises and duties, etc.

Re: Borrow so much from China
First, the U.S. Government borrows money by issuing U.S. Treasury securities and selling them at auction. The government doesn't care who buys these securities because the government won't redeem a security until it has matured. U.S. Treasury securities are T-Bills, T-Notes, and T-Bonds. When these are sold at auction, anyone can buy them, even you.

Second, China doesn't hold as much U.S. Government debt as you think. As of Jan. 2008, China only held about $492 billion of the debt. http://www.treas.gov/tic/mfh.txt

Do you know who holds the largest portion of the U.S. Government debt? It is the U.S. Government. That is right, the U.S. Government actually loans money to itself. About $4.1 trillion of the $9.4 trillion debt is held in intragovernmental holdings.

1. Title 26 of the US Code covers the Federal income tax. Google it yourself, I'm tired of dealing with crackpots. Article 1, Section 8 of The Constitution is where the authority for Title 26 comes from. You can Google that as well if you wish, should get several hundred thousand hits.

2. OK.

3. There are idiots in every profession -- the IRS isn't exempt from hiring one from time to time.

But where do you ever get the idea that "most former IRS agents get away with not paying taxes?" Pull that one out of your butt?? Hope it didn't hurt too much!

Edit: Income is defined in Title 26. Look it up yourself!

Edit2: Your other questions are irrelevant to your basic question, which has been answered. Post separate questions if you want answers to them.

Title 26 of the United States Code is the law. I am not going to answer all of your questions. People who do not pay their taxes only find themselves facing unpaid taxes, penalties, interest, fines, seizures of assets and possible jail time. Tax protesters do not get away with nothing. They will incurred a huge legal cost and more than likely they will lose.

آ· THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL I SAW THEM ON THE INTERNET:

Nobody ever really landed on the moon - it was a giant hoax. What you saw on TV was filmed in Utah.

Elvis is still alive, and performing marriage ceremonies in Las Vegas.

It is unconstitutional for the government to tax your wages (income tax), the 16th amendment was never ratified, and most of what we think of as income isn't really income anyway.

Excuse me now....I just won 2 million pounds in the online UK lottery when my email was randomly selected, and I have to go answer the email.....

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And by the way, I don't know where you get the idea that "most former IRS agents get away with not paying taxes" - actually IRS employees not only pay taxes but are audited regularly. Yes, there are a couple of former agents who have joined the tax protestor movement. They have either lost, or their cases are still in court.

The fruitcake fringe is out in force today posting their regular shopworn pieces of trash.

I suspect that nobody can show you the laws that require Americans (capitalized, please) to pay taxes because you have your eyes and brain closed.

While you may prefer to listen to kooks and find it difficult to think logically, try it, just this once: If what you are saying was correct somewhere along the line the courts would have ordered the government to stop enforcing the law. What part of the past 85 years of enforcement don't you understand? If the fact that they system has been in place and functioning and passing muster with the Supreme Court since 1913 isn't enough to convince you then you are suffering from oxygen deprivation.

IRS employees not only pay taxes like everybody else but are held to a higher standard and subjected to extra scrutiny and discipline for failure to comply.

Admendment 16

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.

Do a look-up on irs.gov or the tax court sites - there are several cases that look at the issue.

I would like to see American's live without the benefits they get from paying taxes. You may not agree with how the government spends the money they get, but try living without the roads you travel on everyday... If you don't agree with how the money is spent, get more involved in government.

I have not seen any data that says most former IRS agents get away with not paying taxes... You would have to look at the exact circumstances of those agents - you can arrange your finances to minimize taxes, and it may be that those agents know the best ways to minimize their taxes.

"CITE-
26 USC Sec. 1 01/02/2006

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
Subtitle A - Income Taxes
CHAPTER 1 - NORMAL TAXES AND SURTAXES
Subchapter A - Determination of Tax Liability
PART I - TAX ON INDIVIDUALS

-HEAD-
Sec. 1. Tax imposed

-STATUTE-
(a) Married individuals filing joint returns and surviving spouses
There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of -
(1) every married individual (as defined in section 7703) who
makes a single return jointly with his spouse under section 6013,
and
(2) every surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)),

a tax determined in accordance with the following table:

If taxable income is: The tax is:
----------------------------------------...
Not over $36,900 15% of taxable income.
Over $36,900 but not over $5,535, plus 28% of the excess over
$89,150 $36,900.
Over $89,150 but not over $20,165, plus 31% of the excess
$140,000 over $89,150.
Over $140,000 but not $35,928.50, plus 36% of the excess
over $250,000 over $140,000.
Over $250,000 $75,528.50, plus 39.6% of the
excess over $250,000.
----------------------------------------...

(b) Heads of households
There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of every head of a
household (as defined in section 2(b)) a tax determined in
accordance with the following table:

If taxable income is: The tax is:
----------------------------------------...
Not over $29,600 15% of taxable income.
Over $29,600 but not over $4,440, plus 28% of the excess over
$76,400 $29,600.
Over $76,400 but not over $17,544, plus 31% of the excess
$127,500 over $76,400.
Over $127,500 but not $33,385, plus 36% of the excess
over $250,000 over $127,500.
Over $250,000 $77,485, plus 39.6% of the excess
over $250,000.
----------------------------------------...

(c) Unmarried individuals (other than surviving spouses and heads
of households)
There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of every individual
(other than a surviving spouse as defined in section 2(a) or the
head of a household as defined in section 2(b)) who is not a
married individual (as defined in section 7703) a tax determined in
accordance with the following table:

If taxable income is: The tax is:
----------------------------------------...
Not over $22,100 15% of taxable income.
Over $22,100 but not over $3,315, plus 28% of the excess over
$53,500 $22,100.
Over $53,500 but not over $12,107, plus 31% of the excess
$115,000 over $53,500.
Over $115,000 but not $31,172, plus 36% of the excess
over $250,000 over $115,000.
Over $250,000 $79,772, plus 39.6% of the excess
over $250,000.
----------------------------------------...

(d) Married individuals filing separate returns
There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of every married
individual (as defined in section 7703) who does not make a single
return jointly with his spouse under section 6013, a tax determined
in accordance with the following table:

If taxable income is: The tax is:
----------------------------------------...
Not over $18,450 15% of taxable income.
Over $18,450 but not over $2,767.50, plus 28% of the excess
$44,575 over $18,450.
Over $44,575 but not over $10,082.50, plus 31% of the excess
$70,000 over $44,575.
Over $70,000 but not over $17,964.25, plus 36% of the excess
$125,000 over $70,000.
Over $125,000 $37,764.25, plus 39.6% of the
excess over $125,000.
----------------------------------------...

(e) Estates and trusts
There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of -
(1) every estate, and
(2) every trust,

taxable under this subsection a tax determined in accordance with
the following table:

If taxable income is: The tax is:
----------------------------------------...
Not over $1,500 15% of taxable income.
Over $1,500 but not over $225, plus 28% of the excess over
$3,500 $1,500.
Over $3,500 but not over $785, plus 31% of the excess over
$5,500 $3,500.
Over $5,500 but not over $1,405, plus 36% of the excess over
$7,500 $5,500.
Over $7,500 $2,125, plus 39.6% of the excess
over $7,500.
----------------------------------------...

(f) Phaseout of marriage penalty in 15-percent bracket; adjustments
in tax tables so that inflation will not result in tax increases
(1) In general
Not later than December 15 of 1993, and each subsequent
calendar year, the Secretary shall prescribe tables which shall
apply in lieu of the tables contained in subsections (a), (b),
(c), (d), and (e) with respect to taxable years beginning in the
succeeding calendar year.
(2) Method of prescribing tables
The table which under paragraph (1) is to apply in lieu of the
table contained in subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e), as the
case may be, with respect to taxable years beginning in any
calendar year shall be prescribed -
(A) except as provided in paragraph (8), by increasing the
minimum and maximum dollar amounts for each rate bracket for
which a tax is imposed under such table by the cost-of-living
adjustment for such calendar year,
(B) by not changing the rate applicable to any rate bracket
as adjusted under subparagraph (A), and
(C) by adjusting the amounts setting forth the tax to the
extent necessary to reflect the adjustments in the rate
brackets.
(3) Cost-of-living adjustment
For purposes of paragraph (2), the cost-of-living adjustment
for any calendar year is the percentage (if any) by which -
(A) the CPI for the preceding calendar year, exceeds
(B) the CPI for the calendar year 1992.
(4) CPI for any calendar year
For purposes of paragraph (3), the CPI for any calendar year is
the average of the Consumer Price Index as of the close of the 12-
month period ending on August 31 of such calendar year.
(5) Consumer Price Index
For purposes of paragraph (4), the term "Consumer Price Index"
means the last Consumer Price Index for all-urban consumers
published by the Department of Labor. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, the revision of the Consumer Price Index
which is most consistent with the Consumer Price Index for
calendar year 1986 shall be used.
(6) Rounding
(A) In general
If any increase determined under paragraph (2)(A), section
63(c)(4), section 68(b)(2) or section 151(d)(4) is not a
multiple of $50, such increase shall be rounded to the next
lowest multiple of $50.
(B) Table for married individuals filing separately
In the case of a married individual filing a separate return,
subparagraph (A) (other than with respect to sections 63(c)(4)
and 151(d)(4)(A)) shall be applied by substituting "$25" for
"$50" each place it appears.
(7) Special rule for certain brackets
(A) Calendar year 1994
In prescribing the tables under paragraph (1) which apply
with respect to taxable years beginning in calendar year 1994,
the Secretary shall make no adjustment to the dollar amounts at
which the 36 percent rate bracket begins or at which the 39.6
percent rate begins under any table contained in subsection
(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e).
(B) Later calendar years
In prescribing tables under paragraph (1) which apply with
respect to taxable years beginning in a calendar year after
1994, the cost-of-living adjustment used in making adjustments

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