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Which amendment give Congress the constitutional authority to levy income taxes?
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Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI)
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What is the main purpose for the Sixteenth Amendment?
Give Congress the constitutional authority to levy income taxes.
When was the amendment that gave congress authority to enact an income tax ratified?
The amendment that gave Congress authority to enact an income tax was ratified on February 3, 1913. This amendment, known as the 16th Amendment, allows Congress to levy and collect taxes on income without apportionment among the states.
Was a constitutional amendment necessary before congress could impose a tax on income?
No. A constitutional amendment was necessary before congress could impose a tax on property.
What amendment gave congress the authority to enact an income tax?
16th
What Amendment gave Congress the authority that it needed to enact another graduated income tax in 1913.?
16th Amendment
What amendment gave congress authority to implement a federal income tax?
The sixteenth amendment allows Congress to impose income taxes in their current form.
Under which category does this Constitutional Amendment fall gave Congress the power to levy an income tax?
Power of the Federal Government
Which amendment established the federal income?
The 16th Amendment made it legal for the Congress to lay and collect taxes on income. It is the contention of some that because the Congress does NOT do the collecting directly, that is done by the IRS a division of the Executive Branch, every dime of income tax ever collected by the IRS has been collected unconstitutionally. In the US Government, the Executive Branch is responsible for enforcing the laws passed by the Congress.
What constitutional amendment permitted the collection of income tax?
The Sixteenth Amendment, ratified in 1913.
Which amendment allowed congress to pass an income tax?
16th amendment
Which amendment empowered Congress to levy an income tax?
The 16th amendment was passed in 1913 to establish Congress right to impose a federal income tax.
Amendment allows the government to collect an income tax?
The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results. This amendment overruled Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895), which limited the Congress's authority to levy an income tax.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
