Just hypothetically, if a state decided to stop receiving money from the federal government as well as intercepting and/or stopping federal income tax payments, could they do it? What might the consequences be?
Please be respectful so that rule 5 doesn’t get broken.
Could a state order all businesses operating in that state to stop paying taxes?
Yes, by law. Of course the business will abide by federal law before state law because federal law is supreme.
Maybe. But the biggest employers are national if not international. They’re gonna withhold federal tax.