Tax is not synonym to theft. Government needs funds to operate, and it's only reasonable that those that benefit from government, should give a small portion of their profits to the maintaining and functioning of said government.
Tax, implemented correctly and morally, is actually a logical and wonderful system, based on CONSENT, so it can't be theft.
However, income tax is another matter, but it's still not theft, because it's based on consent of the governed. That's why there doesn't need to be a specific law about it. (Meet Your Strawman, Legal vs. Lawful, Freeman-on-the-Land - research these to understand)
If we think of a good world, and its government, it's supposed to work like this:
Everyone consents to being governed by GG (Good Government). This means that people and corporations that gain a lot of wealth, consent to giving a small portion of that wealth to GG, so the GG can take care of all people.
GG's duties include the justice system, police, the money system, firestations, libraries, hospitals, ambulances, and so on and so forth. Basically GG exists to take care of the people, and the people willingly give a small portion of their earnings so all this becomes possible.
This can be called 'taxation' or it can be called something else, but this is the basic principle that it's all (supposedly) based on.
The problem is TWISTING of this system, so that it's no longer a GG, it's just a "G", and that means 'gg for the people'.
When it's just a G, it separates law and legal system, and starts using legal system to oppress people and use taxation AS a tool of oppression (though still not theft, because people can withdraw their consent at any time, but they almost never do. Until they do, they are under obligation to pay taxes).
The powerhungry people always find ways to get 'to the top', and normal people always suffer from this. So it's not as simple as 'taxation being theft'.
A fun fact; "to confiscate" means "to take unlawfully".
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