The Sixteenth Amendment.
"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."
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
The 16th Amendment of the Constitution says that Congress can collect taxes from citizens without having to share it with the different states. This is the law that allows the Internal Revenue Service to collect income taxes every year in addition to any state or local tazes that people pay.
The Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax against individuals.
The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution reads: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census orenumeration." This amendment allows the federal government to collect an income tax from the people and use it however it sees fit. The amendment was passed in answer to a prior Supreme Court decision prohibiting such direct taxation.
The sixteenth amendment allows Congress to impose income taxes in their current form.
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.
The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution altered the taxation process. This amendment allows the Congress to levy an income tax regardless of the number of representatives a state has in Congress or basing it on population.
An amendment to the constitution
It allows Congress (the Government) to take a tax out of your yearly income, usually in monthly installments.
The 16th Amendment to the U.S Constitution allows the government to collect the Income Tax.Prior to this amendment, the federal government made an attempt to to create an Income Tax, and the tax was brought to court.The United States Supreme Court ruled that an "Income Tax" was unconstitutional.In response, the Income Tax Amendment was added to the U.S Constitution, making the tax legal.
The federal government's authority to collect income tax comes from the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was ratified in 1913.
The [United States of America] Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.