02-10-2009, 11:55 PM
All of this started for me when some friends got involved in these groups that help others realize that Federal Income Tax is a voluntary tax and not a mandatory tax for most Americans.
I sat in on some meetings and reviewed the documentation they generated and then, eventually, turned to the US Code itself for clarification. One of the things I discovered is that the US Code is so convoluted that clarification is something that remains elusive for most legislators, politicians, bureaucrats, attorneys and court systems - especially when it comes to taxation.
From what I understood, Federal Income Tax is voluntary. There is no legal requirement for most Americans to pay Federal Income Tax, though most pay this tax because they've been scared into doing so by the tactics of the government and the IRS. And let's face it, if we accept that Federal Income Tax is voluntary and the people can simply opt not to pay it, then it's in the governments' best interest to do whatever they can to coerce and bully the people into paying. They can't change the law without fundamentally altering the Constitution and the relationship between the Federal Government and independent States, so bullying and scaring the people shitless is the next best thing to ensure a steady stream of revenue for the government to waste.
What the government does require is that the people file something with the IRS. They can file documentation refuting the income tax or they can file a tax return. The key is that the person HAS to file.
In the situation of those who battle the government, they file reams of documentation on legal interpretation of the US Code demonstrating that the Federal Income Tax is voluntary and they are not required to pay. The rest just pay the income tax and are done with it. Those who challenge routinely request from the IRS documentation demonstrating a requirement to pay. They also request specific IRS publications that supposedly state who is required to pay. These are usually met with canned responses that they "must" pay and/or that the publications are out of stock.
Where the government seems to get people is with tax evasion and fraud. If you volunteer to file a tax return (indicating your liability) and you state that you made $100 last year but it turns out you made $120 (and only paid taxes on $100) then you've now committed fraud and you will be fined, sent to prison and made an example of in the media - the latter being another arrow in the quiver to scare people into paying taxes.
Notice that you always hear about tax fraud and people being sent to prison over taxes in the first quarter of the year. it helps to pad their numbers, scare the people and ensure the most amount of returns.
If you were to search the Internet, there are a number of people who have created websites detailing a lot of what I've touched on here and provide copies of their documentation. Once you get beyond the responses programmed into us by the government and open your mind that perhaps they have something can you begin to see that maybe these people aren't just nutjobs, kooks and people holed up in their houses in the backwoods somewhere.
I sat in on some meetings and reviewed the documentation they generated and then, eventually, turned to the US Code itself for clarification. One of the things I discovered is that the US Code is so convoluted that clarification is something that remains elusive for most legislators, politicians, bureaucrats, attorneys and court systems - especially when it comes to taxation.
From what I understood, Federal Income Tax is voluntary. There is no legal requirement for most Americans to pay Federal Income Tax, though most pay this tax because they've been scared into doing so by the tactics of the government and the IRS. And let's face it, if we accept that Federal Income Tax is voluntary and the people can simply opt not to pay it, then it's in the governments' best interest to do whatever they can to coerce and bully the people into paying. They can't change the law without fundamentally altering the Constitution and the relationship between the Federal Government and independent States, so bullying and scaring the people shitless is the next best thing to ensure a steady stream of revenue for the government to waste.
What the government does require is that the people file something with the IRS. They can file documentation refuting the income tax or they can file a tax return. The key is that the person HAS to file.
In the situation of those who battle the government, they file reams of documentation on legal interpretation of the US Code demonstrating that the Federal Income Tax is voluntary and they are not required to pay. The rest just pay the income tax and are done with it. Those who challenge routinely request from the IRS documentation demonstrating a requirement to pay. They also request specific IRS publications that supposedly state who is required to pay. These are usually met with canned responses that they "must" pay and/or that the publications are out of stock.
Where the government seems to get people is with tax evasion and fraud. If you volunteer to file a tax return (indicating your liability) and you state that you made $100 last year but it turns out you made $120 (and only paid taxes on $100) then you've now committed fraud and you will be fined, sent to prison and made an example of in the media - the latter being another arrow in the quiver to scare people into paying taxes.
Notice that you always hear about tax fraud and people being sent to prison over taxes in the first quarter of the year. it helps to pad their numbers, scare the people and ensure the most amount of returns.
If you were to search the Internet, there are a number of people who have created websites detailing a lot of what I've touched on here and provide copies of their documentation. Once you get beyond the responses programmed into us by the government and open your mind that perhaps they have something can you begin to see that maybe these people aren't just nutjobs, kooks and people holed up in their houses in the backwoods somewhere.