Is it a law that you must pay federal income tax?

Answer 1

The 16th amendment to the Constitution is what allowed taxation of personal income, and changed the constitution in that funds returned to the states could be done so without regard to apportionment.

Answer 2

Answer With respects to Mr. Siegel this question is not as simple as the answers on the web page he provides, (Mr. Siegel's Link) first you have to explain by what you mean as income. a) Interests, stocks profits, Gambling winning, profits gained from the manufacture of Alcohol, Tobacco, or Firearms, profits from a corporate enterprise, bonuses as an officer of a company, etc. b) The monetary value you trade in exchange for your skills, time, trade, life, etc. (also known as your Wages from your employer) c) Then we get into whether you want to contribute to SSA or not and whether those taxes are mandatory or required. Despite what people tell you ever persons situation is not the same, there is no uniform answer only through investigation can you find out the answer as it applies to your situation. There is no simple YES or NO however there is a Code that gives you these answers and some examples that apply to everyone. Even the IRS website at http://www.irs.gov/individuals/index.html states the following "Do You Need to File a Federal Income Tax Return?" "Every year millions of people file Federal Income Tax returns even though they are not required to. Find out if your income is below the filing requirement." Yes that's right from the horses mouth they tell you straight out that MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FILE EVEN THOUGH THEY RE NOT REQUIRED TO! It is you that when you fill out your From 1040 or what ever form you file that you are the one assessing your taxed and you are the one saying that is what you owe, not the IRS. But no where on the website does it say that every year the IRS returns the funds that were paid even though you were never required to file. More importantly you are not required to fill out form W-4 with your employer it states "Voluntary" right at the top. Nor is your employer by law required to get one or deduct taxed from your paycheck they are only required to ask for you to fill out one and they can only be penalized if they do not ask, they can not be penalized for you refusing to give one. So if your question is an example like this "I work 40 hours a week for ABC company as a service technician, casher, stockroom worker, secretary, etc, and is the money I am paid for my services taxable" the answer is a resounding NO! Nor has anyone told you that it was required you just assumed and you all know what happens when you assume! As I tell my children education is important for one reason only it gives you choices, if you don't educate your self then you have no choice but to follow the crowd. I am not now nor have I ever been a tax protester, I am a protester against ignorance and the governments willingness to allow people to go on thinking they should do something when they never needed to in the first place and then when you ask for your money back because they defrauded you they say "we didn't fill out your taxes you did, how are we responsible you are the one who said and/or assessed your own taxes" sneaky but true. So if you are to lazy to write the IRS ask questions and do your own research then you get what you deserve, ripped off by the IRS. On the other hand if you decide that you want answers that you are entitled to, and want to work for your freedoms and liberties then you will get what you deserve FREEDOM!

Assuming that the U.S. Tax code qualifies as law, he is NOT correct, and you are ONLY required by law to pay SOME income tax THAT YOU ARE LIABLE FOR.

Answer 3

Yes.

ANSWER: The only people obligated to pay income tax are the people subject to and/or liable for the income tax to begin with. Those people are statutorily defined as a taxpayer who earns taxable income which has been defined as gross income or adjusted gross income within a taxable year and as such you are not only obligated to pay the tax, you are obligated to file a return declaring the amount of income you earned. If you are not subject to and/or liable for this income tax then it goes without saying that you are not obligated to pay any tax.

Congress has the power to tax whatever is taxable and income is certainly taxable. There are two ways that Congress can tax income and they are either directly as property or indirectly as a measurement used to gauge how much is owed. If the income tax is a direct tax then Congress is bound by the rule of apportionment. If the tax is an indirect tax then Congress is bound by the rule of uniformity. The 16th Amendment was not passed to "authorize" Congress to levy taxes on income directly "without regard to apportionment". Such an act of legislation would have surely been struck down as unconstitutional. In fact, the 16th Amendment was challenged as unconstitutional for this very reason and the Supreme Court has consistently held that the 16th Amendment did not authorize any new form of taxation, nor did it place any new burden upon the people but instead prohibited the courts from ever viewing an unapportioned tax as a direct tax again. Again, because of the Pollack decision in which Congress had attempted to pass an unapportioned tax but it was struck down as unconstitutional because the Pollack court viewed the tax as a direct unapportioned tax on property.

What this means is that income is not the subject of the tax it is merely the measurement used to know how much is owed. What makes people liable for any tax and subject to the revenue laws is their willful engagement in taxed activities. Are you engaged in any taxed activity specifically named by the Internal Revenue Code? No? Then what makes you think you are obligated to pay a tax? If you're not obligated to pay a tax, why would you file any return? If you're not filing any returns and not applying for any licensing that would require you obtain a taxpayer identification number why would any tax collection agency presume jurisdiction over you? If they do, then they are in error. Why wouldn't you challenge the jurisdiction immediately and demand they prove they actually have jurisdiction. If they continue to harass you why wouldn't you contact the Sheriff and file a verified complaint against these rogue individuals who are acting outside of the scope of their jurisdiction?

If you file a return that in itself is a taxed activity. Do you understand? Don't let this all confuse or overwhelm you as law is very simple. Do not let the hucksters and snake oil salesman convince you that your own point of view has no validity. You are one of the people who hold the inherent political power in this country! You are presumed to know the law as a matter of law. Why would you let anyone, even a judge, try to convince you that you don't have the capacity to understand the law? If you don't all ready know the law, then learn it. Don't so much worry about the 37,000,000,000 words that comprise the Internal Revenue Code. Study that as best you can, but worry more about understanding the law. How does it work? Does the law work for the people or against them? I assure you, and if you learn the law you will come to know I speak the truth when I tell you the law works for the people and not against them.

Answer 4

Yes. A whole set of ever changing ones....passed by the elected members of congress and signed by the President....and lots of explanations....and in afct an entire Court system just to hear those cases. US Tax Court.

Answer 5

Yes. To be particular, the Revenue Act of 1913, made under the power bestowed by the 16th Amendment. The current version is published as Title 26 of the United States Code, and as The Internal Revenue Code.

Answer 6

The US tax code does require you to pay any income tax that you may owe after your income tax return is completed correctly and according the the rules that are in the tax code book.

Answer 7

no no