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What gives the US government the power to collect taxes?
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common law
common law
the Constitution
the Constitution
an executive order
an executive order
laws passed by Congress
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The Constitution.
(Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the power to lay and collect taxes; the 16th Amendment allows an income tax. Congress then enacts laws — e.g. the Internal Revenue Code — to implement and administer taxation.)
(Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the power to lay and collect taxes; the 16th Amendment allows an income tax. Congress then enacts laws — e.g. the Internal Revenue Code — to implement and administer taxation.)
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