Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results. This amendment exempted income taxes from the constitutional requirements regarding direct taxes, after income taxes on rents, dividends, and interest were ruled to be direct taxes in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan Trust Co. (1895). It was ratified on February 3, 1913.