United States federal tax system

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The United States federal tax system is the national framework of laws, regulations, and administrative mechanisms through which the federal government raises revenue from individuals, businesses, and other entities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public finance system ⓘ
tax system ⓘ
administeredBy Internal Revenue Service ⓘ
U.S. Department of the Treasury ⓘ
authorizedBy Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
enforcedBy IRS audits ⓘ
civil penalties ⓘ
criminal penalties ⓘ
tax liens ⓘ
wage garnishment ⓘ
feature estimated tax payment requirements for non-wage income ⓘ
information reporting by third parties ⓘ
pay-as-you-go withholding system for wages ⓘ
progressive marginal tax rates on individual income ⓘ
self-assessment of tax liability ⓘ
tax credits ⓘ
tax deductions ⓘ
tax exemptions ⓘ
tax-deferred retirement accounts ⓘ
worldwide taxation of U.S. citizens and residents (with some exclusions and credits) ⓘ
governedBy Internal Revenue Code Section 1 ⓘ
Internal Revenue Code Section 61 ⓘ
Internal Revenue Code Subtitle A ⓘ
Internal Revenue Code Subtitle B ⓘ
Internal Revenue Code Subtitle C ⓘ
Internal Revenue Code Subtitle D ⓘ
Internal Revenue Code Subtitle F ⓘ
includesFilingRequirement Form 1040 for individual income tax returns ⓘ
linked to: Form 1040

Form 1065 for partnership returns ⓘ
Form 1099 series for information reporting ⓘ
Form 1120 for corporate income tax returns ⓘ
Form 941 for employer payroll tax returns ⓘ
linked to: Form 941

Form W-2 for wage reporting ⓘ
linked to: Form W-2
includesTaxType Medicare tax ⓘ
Social Security tax ⓘ
alternative minimum tax ⓘ
capital gains tax ⓘ
corporate income tax ⓘ
estate tax ⓘ
excise tax ⓘ
gift tax ⓘ
individual income tax ⓘ
payroll tax ⓘ
self-employment tax ⓘ
withholding tax ⓘ
legalBasis Internal Revenue Code ⓘ
Title 26 of the United States Code ⓘ
U.S. Constitution ⓘ
oversightBy Joint Committee on Taxation ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
policyGoal influence economic behavior through incentives and disincentives ⓘ
raise revenue for federal expenditures ⓘ
redistribute income through progressive taxation and credits ⓘ
primaryRevenueSourceFor federal government of the United States ⓘ
revenueUsedFor Medicare and Medicaid ⓘ
Social Security benefits ⓘ
linked to: Social Security

defense spending ⓘ
federal education programs ⓘ
federal infrastructure ⓘ
interest on the national debt ⓘ
subjectTo interpretation by the U.S. Tax Court ⓘ
judicial review by U.S. federal courts ⓘ

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Revenue Act of 1942 → partOf → United States federal tax system ⓘ
Form 944 → appliesIn → United States federal tax system ⓘ
Revenue Act of 1932 → partOf → United States federal tax history ⓘ
linked to: United States federal tax system
Douglas Shulman → jurisdiction → United States federal tax system ⓘ
Underwood–Simmons Act → relatedTo → United States federal income tax system ⓘ
linked to: United States federal tax system
Wilbur Mills → areaOfInfluence → United States federal tax system ⓘ
Flat Tax Revolution: Using a Postcard to Abolish the IRS → mainSubject → United States federal income tax ⓘ
linked to: United States federal tax system