Sixteenth Amendment, amendment (1913) to the Constitution of the United States permitting a federal income tax. The amendment was passed to remove the ‘direct tax dilemma’ related to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. Learn more about the Sixteenth Amendment, including its full text. More @Wikipedia
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