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The 16th Amendment works in Iowa too.
June 30, 2009
Tax Protesters -- or "tax defiers," as they are now known -- like to argue that the 16th Amendment authorizing an unapportioned income tax was never properly ratified, and therefore there is no income tax. Unfortunately for them, the IRS, all federal judges, the U.S. Marshals service, and the Bureau of Prisons have a contrary view.
Elmer Scheckel of Oelwein, Iowa decided to give the argument a try to get out of Iowa income taxes. It didn't go well:
The argument advanced by the Protester is merely a variation upon a claim that has been repeatedly considered and rejected by state and federal courts for decades. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and other federal appellate courts from around the country have decisively held that “wages are within the definition of income under the Internal Revenue Code and the Sixteenth Amendment, and are subject to taxation
The Moral: Wishing doesn't make it so.
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I've had this argument with too many folks to count. What I like to point out is that even if they're right, it's not going to change much. If they start winning court cases, Congress is just going to say "Whoops!" and rewrite the income tax law so that it works the way it's currently enforced.
http://www.taxrascal.com/tax-qa-i-heard-there-isnt-actually-a-law-that-says-we-have-to-pay-taxes-is-this-true/147/
Posted by: TaxRascal | June 30, 2009 12:24 PM