The Forgotten Income-Attribution Power

Alex Zhang
Author ORCID Identifier 0009-0003-4214-9540 Document Type Article Publication Date 2026 Keywords Congress, Income-attribution power, Federal income tax, Supreme Court Abstract Economic inequality stands at record levels, and constitutional law haunts egalitarian reform. In 2024, the Supreme Court decided the latest contest. Moore v. United States rebuffed an attempt to sharply limit the federal taxing power, as a razor-thin majority upheld Congress’s attribution of foreign corporations’ income..