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These are two different branches of government, though. Congress passes the law, and the IRS collects the taxes (the executive). And the majority of taxpayers
by amanaplanacanal 4y ago
These are two different branches of government, though. Congress passes the law, and the IRS collects the taxes (the executive).
And the majority of taxpayers don't itemize so should be in pretty simple tax situations.
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoThere used to be a meme along the lines of "Congress was too chicken to pass a law to collect taxes, yet the IRS (executive) continues to collect them. Thus you don't have to pay taxes at all, by law." Was that nonsense? Where is the 'tax law' (not a regulation) passed by Congress?
- rocket_surgeron 4y agoI don't understand your comment. >26 U.S. Code § 6301 - Collection authority >The Secretary shall collect the taxes imposed by the internal revenue laws. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6301 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6301 "The Secretary" is the United States Secretary of the Treasury, and the United States Department of the Treasury is the department of the Executive Branch that oversees the IRS. This is not hidden, secret, knowledge.
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoOk that's authority to collect. Where is the tax law? Fishing around I can't seem to find any specifics.
- detaro 4y agoThe rest of 26 U.S. Code? I mean it directly starts with "you need to pay income tax, here is a table of income brackets and percentages"...
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoThanks! By digging seven layers deep in that link, I did eventually find it.
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- mrguyorama 4y agoStay away from sovereign citizens. They play dumb word games or use magical thinking to convince themselves that they can ignore laws. Nothing they say or claim is reality, and has no value to people who intend to not break petty laws.