Ask the Declaration → Your rights, by who you are
Every tax you pay traces back to a specific grant of power in the Constitution, and to specific limits on it. The document written in part because of taxation without consent has a great deal to say about who may tax you, and how.
Descriptive, not legal advice · the founding documents' own words
Congress holds the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises. Every federal tax rests on this clause.
Limits on that power, including the historical rule on direct taxes and the ban on taxing goods exported from any state.
Authorizes Congress to tax incomes directly, without apportioning it among the states. The constitutional basis of the modern income tax.
The right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, which includes the right to challenge and speak against how you are taxed.