Precedent
Commissioner v. Groetzinger, 480 U.S. 23 (1987)
SOURCE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3430868523289585207 COPILOT QUESTION 1: Groetzinger is a an important and frequently cited case used to justify the inclusion of…
FRIVOLOUS SUBJECT: Fifth Amendment is not a constraint on Income Taxation
FALSE STATEMENT: The Fifth Amendment is NOT a constraint on income taxation of human beings protected by the Constitution. This…
U.S. v. Goelet, 232 U.S. 293 (1914) and U.S. v. Bennett, 232 U.S. 299 (1914)
CASE LINKS: SIGNIFICANCE: These two cases present the question of whether the constitutional power of excise taxation over property located…
Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass, 358 U.S. 426 (1955)
Case Link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11404527107386030954 Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner_v._Glenshaw_Glass_Co. IMPORTANCE: This case is famous because it redefined “gross income” for the purposes of I.R.C.…
Hooven and Allison co. v. Evatt, 324 U.S. 652 (1945)
This is one of the VERY few cases that explains the meaning of the term “United States”. It is thus…
Springer v. United States, 102 U.S. 586 (1885)
LINK: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3081110958181951212 SIGNIFICANCE: George Springer reaped interest income from United States bonds. So he was not difficult for the Collector to…
License Tax Cases, 72 U.S. 462 (1866)
LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2852002685220457827 SIGNIFICANCE: Declared the first income tax instituted to fund the Civil War, the Revenue Act of…
Pollock v. Farmers Loan and Trust, 157 U.S. 429 (1895)
LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7292056596996651119 WIKIPEDIA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollock_v._Farmers%27_Loan_%26_Trust_Co. SIGNIFICANCE: This was the first attempt after the civil war to implement an income…