Reply #4: I would say that a National Sales tax violates the Constitution [View All]

[SnoopDog]

My opinion:

There is no constitutional provision to enact a Sales Tax...only a tax on income...They would have to amend the Constitution to enact a National Sales Tax.



16th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

AMENDMENT XVI

Passed by Congress July 2, 1909. Ratified February 3, 1913.

Note: Article I, section 9, of the Constitution was modified by 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.