What branch gives government the right to collect taxes .?

The major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation were solved with the adoption of the United States Constitution. The important problems solved with the creation of the Constitution included the following national powers: *The power to levy and collect taxes *The power to regulate interstate trade *The power to enforce the laws *The creation of a separate executive branch *The creation of a national (federal) court system *The creation of a bi-cameral legislature

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solution with the constitutionThe constitution solved many problems. The Bill of Rights is giving people the rights they should have. this also meant that they could vote before all of this they had almost no freedom at all. AnswerSpecifically, no Branch gives the U.S. government the power to tax; rather it is the Constitution of the United States which explicitly gives this power. The relevant sections of the Constitution are:

Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States"

16th Amendment: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."

As with most functions in the Constitution, Congress is given the power to determine taxes, the Executive branch the power to collect taxes, and the Judicial branch the power to determine if specific taxes are Constitutional.