Congress, more accurately Legislative
The Chinese government raises money by levying taxes. It also raised money by charging tariffs on imported goods and selling arms and weapons to other countries.
When an employer does not withhold taxes from an employee's paycheck, it means that the employee is responsible for paying their own taxes directly to the government.
As per the initial publicized version of the bail out plan, the government does not intend on levying any extra taxes to raise that money. But if this 700 bn dollars is found insufficient and the government does not have enough cash to infuse more liquidity into the economy, we can expect some tax changes to accommodate the same.
Americans have to do their own taxes because the United States has a self-assessment tax system, where individuals are responsible for calculating and reporting their own income and deductions to the government.
If you file taxes separately, you are generally not responsible for your spouse's tax debt. Each spouse is responsible for their own tax liabilities when filing separately.
congress is responsible for levying taxes
The branch of government that is responsible for collecting taxes is the executive branch. Specifically, it is the IRS, which is under the Department of the Treasury, who collects taxes.
The Legislative Branch is the main branch that collects taxes
The legislative branch
levying taxes
levying taxes
Ultimately, from the people of the country. By levying taxes etc.
they shouldn't have taxes anyway
These taxes provide revenue to enable the government levying the taxes to pay for services they provide such as police and fire protection.
The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) is responsible for handling all tax related situations.
To collect taxes, as opposed to simply levying them.
Legislative/congress branch.