Are wages taxable as income?
In short? NO!
The following definitions for income and wages prove the point.
Amendment 16 was ratified about 1913. The inclusion of the 1919 definitions simply show who the definitions tend to reflect government actions; when it is government actions that must reflect pre-existing definitions; especially when The Constitution does not grant the power to define or redefine the words.
As seen, by definitions before the ratification date, wages and income, with respect to labor, differ. Income being the GAIN from labor; Wages being the COMPENSATION for labor.
The following definitions for income and wages prove the point.
Amendment 16 was ratified about 1913. The inclusion of the 1919 definitions simply show who the definitions tend to reflect government actions; when it is government actions that must reflect pre-existing definitions; especially when The Constitution does not grant the power to define or redefine the words.
As seen, by definitions before the ratification date, wages and income, with respect to labor, differ. Income being the GAIN from labor; Wages being the COMPENSATION for labor.
From 1898
INCOME: 3. That gain proceeds from labor, business, property or capital of any kind, as the produce from a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc. ; revenue, ; receipts ; salary ; especially the annual receipts of a private person, or corporation from property ; as a large income.
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From 1919
income, 3. That gain proceeds from labor, business, or property ; revenue, ; receipts ; wages or salary. 3b. Profit, proceeds, interest, emolument, produce.
wage, n. 2. That which is pledged or paid for services ; hire ; pay ; -- chiefly in the plural.
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From 1898
Wage, n. 2. That for which one labors ; meed ; reward ; stipulated payment for services performed ; hire ; pay ; compensation -- at present generally used in the plural. See wages.
Wages, A compensation given to a hired person for services ; price paid for labor ; recompense ; hire. See Wage, n., 2. |