American citizens must pay federal taxes, which are paid via income taxes. sales taxes. property taxes. sin taxes.

The Sixteenth Amendment passed during the Progressive Era allowed the federal government to collect federal taxes from income. Each person then files a federal tax form at the end of a year. Declaring your income, puts you in an income bracket and if you have not had enough money withdrawn from your paycheck then you owe the government more money. If you have paid in too much, then the government owes you a refund.

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American citizens must pay federal taxes which are paid via income taxes.

What are taxes?

Taxes are obligation that the citizens of the United States pay to their government.

The taxes that they pay is what is used for funding most government programs.

What are income taxes?

The taxes are collected through income. That is the citizens that are of working age pay taxes on the amount that they receive as wage to the federal government.