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Congress has the power to collect taxes because it is written in the Constitution under Article 1. Congress has the power to tax in order to provide for everyone within the United States.
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Collect Taxes
The power to collect taxes is an expressed power of Congress. That's to say it's written in the constitution that they have the power to collect and levy taxes. If the power was not written in the constitution was granted by on laws passed, this would be an "implied power".
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Among the explicit powers granted to the Congress by the United States Constitution is taxation. Congress has the power to assess and collect taxes/duties as enumerated by Article I Section 8.