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[–] RunsWithScissors 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

If you've heard all your life that it's illegal, you probably were raised in a somewhat crazy far-right environment. Since the US Constitution is the highest law of the United States, and it's explicitly allowed by the 16th Amendment, the claim that an income tax is "illegal" makes about as much sense as the claim that voting is illegal.

All US residents (and many US citizens earning income abroad) are subject to a federal income tax. Most states also have state-level income taxes for residents of those states. States without a state-level income tax are: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming.

Note that those states have higher sales and/or property taxes to make up the difference.