The income tax is a direct and un-apportioned tax and is and always has been unconstitutional. The compensation that you receive from your labor is not a gain. Income is the profit one receives from being a government employee or from profits from corporate activity.
If a man pays you in watermelons for mowing his lawn, are the watermelons considered taxable income?
The fruits of one's labor are the product of one's time and talent and is not the same thing as income. Whether your compensation comes in the form of watermelons or dollars, it really doesn't. Neither the watermelons nor the dollars that you receive as a result of your labor are income.
If a person is paid in Federal Reserve Notes, he is required to pay taxes, but if a person is paid in apples or bananas, he is not. By participating in the the Federal Reserve system, we volunteer to pay the IRS a tax on the fruits of our labor.
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