Do you have to pay federal income tax?

Answer 1

Yes. In the United States, the Federal Government pay levy taxes on income.

As the initial proposition for what became Amendment XVI had no time limit,

and since more than 3/4 of the states have passed ratification of the proposition,

the United States Supreme Court recognizes the power of the government to

assess and collect taxes on income. As the US Government recognizes that

42 states have ratified the proposal, unless one wants to be incarcerated for

tax evasion, flee to Another Country, or reduce one's income to below taxable

levels, one must file and pay tax on income according to laws set forth by

the US Congress, and IRS regulations.

User ID0414537098 writes:

"No. The amendment was never ratified meaning it is unconstitutional. You don't have to pay a federal income tax."

All assumptions regarding the "unconstitutional" nature of the Sixteenth Amendment

are based upon arguments found to be "frivolous tax protests" by the US Supreme

Court in prior case law.

These include: trivial grammatical discrepancies between different States' articles of

ratification, improper recognition of the "statehood of Ohio" (providing for a delay of

over fifty years between admission and "recognition of admission"), and a presumption

that any text of an amendment to the Constitution must contain language negating

a present portion of the Constitution or use the words, "repeal" or "repealed", and

so forth.