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U.S. Constitutional Amendments

Amendment 16 to the U.S. Constitution

Short summary -- Income Tax

Actual text of Amendment 16: 

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

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