How Does Tax Relief Work?

The courts have generally held that direct taxes are restricted to taxes on people (variously called capitation, poll tax or head tax) and property. (Penn Mutual Indemnity Denver. v. C.I.R., 227 F.2d 16, 19-20 (3rd Cir. 1960).) All the taxes are known as "indirect taxes," basically tax an event, rather than a person or property as such. (Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, 301 U.S. 548, 581-582 (1937).) What turned out to be a straightforward limitation on the power of the legislature based on the main topics the tax proved inexact and unclear when applied a good income tax, that can…