It is the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that gives the government the power to collect taxes. The amendment was adopted on February 3, 1913.
They can pay taxes
The US government has the power to collect taxes through the Constitution, specifically through the authority granted by the 16th Amendment, which allows for the collection of income taxes.
To lay and collect taxes is to impose a specific amount the taxes are, and to collect taxes is to literally collect the taxes from people.
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When the Government sold the right to collect taxes to private individuals.
1913 (i had the same question.)
the Pharaoh didn't collect taxes his servants did
They wanted to show that it still had the right to collect taxes in America.
The U.S. government derives its authority to collect taxes from the Constitution, specifically Article I, Section 8, which grants Congress the power to lay and collect taxes to provide for the common defense and general welfare. Additionally, the Sixteenth Amendment, ratified in 1913, specifically allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states. This legal framework supports the government's ability to generate revenue for public services and infrastructure.
to collect their own taxes