[Henrietta]

"Title 26 of the US Code identifies who must report and pay, how income is defined, and how much to pay in taxes. "

Have you actually read it, or are you just parroting what you have heard? I'm just curious...

[eno_]

Title 26 is chock full of stuff about how much tax to pay under various conditions, but there is no obvious statement that "every U.S. resident who earns an income..." etc. must pay income tax.

This is extremely curious. It SEEMS like a simple thing to express. And there is that XVIth amendment, so it isn't like the tax code is dependent on some perversion of the Commerce clause. Curious!

[MACVSOG68]

Have you actually read it, or are you just parroting what you have heard? I'm just curious...

Parroting??? The code is not a difficult read. For example, Title 26, Subtitle A, Chapter 1, Subchapter A, Part 1 would seem to most to make it quite clear that an individual person is liable for taxes. Subchapter B would seem to most to make it quite clear that income from whatever source, specifically including salaries, wages and other income is taxable. Have I read every subtitle in its entirety? No! I'm not particularly interested in trust income, enterprise zones, or Title 11 for for example.

In addition to the code, of course, there are the IRS regulations, rulings, decisions, both administrative and judicial, and a myriad of instructional information. All in all it encompasses several thousand pages, and changes are effected both by Congress and the IRS annually. No one said it was easy...just required.

And who do you parrot?

[HarryArmpitch]

Henrietta!
Freepers (socialists) don't allow me - a Libertarian - to post on this site without getting slammed, yet you don't. This says worlds about the "free"pers dedication to principle & human freedom.

Sickening