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Here is a secret you are not supposed to know. The income tax is just a scam imposed under color of law. According to the Tax Code, most Americans owe nothing. Only foreign earned income is actually taxable for citizens. And, because the income tax has been codified, only a computer, and the Code, is needed to prove what is taxed, and what is excluded.
Another argument made by some tax protesters is that because the United States Congress did not pass an official proclamation recognizing Ohio's 1803 admission to statehood until 1953 (see Ohio Constitution), Ohio was not a state until 1953 and therefore the Sixteenth Amendment was not properly ratified. The earliest reported court case where this argument was raised appears to be Ivey v. United States,[14] some sixty-three years after the ratification. This argument also has been uniformly rejected by the courts. See, for example, Knoblauch v. Commissioner.[15]
The argument that the Sixteenth Amendment was not ratified and variations of this argument have been officially identified as legally frivolous Federal tax return positions for purposes of the $5,000 frivolous tax return penalty imposed under Internal Revenue Code section 6702(a).
Benson was unsuccessful with his Sixteenth Amendment argument when he had his own legal problems. He was prosecuted for tax evasion and willful failure to file tax returns. The court rejected his Sixteenth Amendment "non-ratification" argument in United States v. Benson.[5] William J. Benson was convicted of tax evasion and willful failure to file tax returns in connection with over $100,000 of unreported income, and his conviction was upheld on appeal. He was sentenced to four years in prison and five years of probation.
Originally posted by turbokid
sadly this isnt true according to the 16th amendment..
"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration"
i wish it were true, but the "from whatever source derived" part they could interpret that as finding a quarter in a payphone if they wanted.
Originally posted by benign.psychosis look at the IRS codes and how they define their terms. It's great stuff. A real eye-opener.
Originally posted by justyc
aren't computers a wonderful tool?