RE: Conspiracy Theories
January 30, 2010 at 4:06 pm
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2010 at 4:09 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Personal income tax is constitutional in the US. It was first levied as a war measure during the civil war (3% of all income over $800pa) again in 1890 and finally permanently in 1913. The rates in 1913 ranged from 1 to 7%.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Amendm...nstitution
Quote:The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results. This amendment overruled Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895), which limited the Congress's authority to levy an income tax.
It was ratified on February 3, 1913.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Amendm...nstitution