Which government legislation established a federal income tax in 1913?

the Sherman Antitrust Act

the Interstate Commerce Act

the Sixteenth Amendment

the Economic Opportunity Act

Question

Which government legislation established a federal income tax in 1913?

the Sherman Antitrust Act

the Interstate Commerce Act

the Sixteenth Amendment

the Economic Opportunity Act

hope210 · Answer

Which one do you think it is?

wwhitlock · Answer

Congress didn't have the power to tax people directly under the original Constitution. So any Act of the congress could not give them that authority.

anonymous · Answer

hope210
i personally think the 16th Amendment

wwhitlock · Answer

I like your thinking.