Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the sixteenth article of amendment.

This proposal would change the Constitution to remove the part that lets Congress collect federal income taxes. In short, it would repeal the Sixteenth Amendment, which since 1913 has allowed the federal government to tax people’s incomes . The text of the measure states it is an amendment to repeal the Sixteenth Amendment .

• Key points

  • Who is affected: People who pay federal income taxes and the federal government’s budget and programs .
  • What changes: The constitutional permission for a federal income tax would be removed by repealing the Sixteenth Amendment .
  • When: It is a proposed constitutional amendment; it would only take effect if adopted .