Federalist No. 30

Federalist No. 30
Alexander Hamilton, author of Federalist No. 30
AuthorAlexander Hamilton
Original titleConcerning the General Power of Taxation
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Federalist
PublisherNew York Packet
Publication date
December 28, 1787
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeNewspaper
Preceded byFederalist No. 29 
Followed byFederalist No. 31 

Federalist No. 30 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the thirtieth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published in the New York Packet on December 28, 1787, under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist papers were published. This is the first of seven essays by Hamilton on the then-controversial issue of taxation. It is titled "Concerning the General Power of Taxation".