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Congress of the United States, By virtue of the 16th Amendment to the U.S Constitution has the right to lay and levy (impose) a tax on income earned by whatever source deemed by the IRC. (Internal Revenue Tax Codes)

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Which amendment gives government power to collect income tax?

amendment 16


As a result of this amendment, Congress was given the power to collect an income tax.?

16


Does the state you live in collect income tax?

Yes the state that I live in does have a personal state income tax and does collect the states personal income taxes from the taxpayers.


What four types of taxes does Congress have the power to lay and collect?

Answerduties, imposts, excises, and income tax


What article in the constitution fixes the no power to collect taxes?

Government was specifically given the power to lay and collect income taxes by the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. This was necessary because President Abraham Lincoln had levied an income tax during the Civil War but it was later ruled unconstitutional. This amendment clarified the status and legality of the income tax as a method of taxation.


What type of taxes does the federal government collect?

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What authority allows the federal government to collect income tax?

The federal government's authority to collect income tax comes from the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was ratified in 1913.


Which parts of the US Constitution gives the national government the power to collect income tax?

The 16th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution allows for an income tax. Abraham Lincoln had used an income tax to finance the Civil War but it was latter found to be unconstitutional thus necessitating the 16th Amendment.


Amendment 16 gave congress the right to?

collect income tax


Amendment 16 give congress the right to?

collect income tax.


What are income tax authorities?

Income-taxing authorities are any entity to which the law imputes the right and power to collect income tax. These are the federal government, State governments, and local or municipal governments, where the grants of this power are made by the State to the local or municipal governments, and not simply exercised by local and municipal governments on behalf of the State.


If you live in FL and work in another state where do you pay state income tax?

The state where you work and earn the income wants to collect some state income tax on the income that you earn in that state.