Sharon D. Kukhahn, 62, of Tacoma, Wash., was sentenced Wednesday in a federal court in Tacoma, Washington to seven years in jail, three years of supervised release, and $856,681 in restitution after being convicted of conspiracy, four counts of tax evasion and corrupt interference with Internal Revenue law. WebCPA has the story: Kukhahn was convicted [...]
Tags: Absurd Tax Protester Arguments · News · Tax Crimes
From time to time I peruse the myriad videos on YouTube of tax protesters making preposterous arguments as to why the federal income tax is illegal. After all, I am human and not above gawking at a freak show every now and then. I also can’t help myself from watching the Democratic National Convention every four years.¹ I assume you [...]
Tags: Absurd Tax Protester Arguments · News · Tax Humor
I have been harangued recently by a couple of my readers about a very old tax protester argument that they claim has never been refuted. Reader Chad – we’ll call him Don Quixote - frames the argument thusly: The IRS calls everyone who doesn’t fall in lock step with their lies a “tax denier” and every argument “frivolous.” [...]
Tags: Absurd Tax Protester Arguments · Tax Humor
Joe Kristan gives us the scoop on another case of absurd tax protester shenanigans (emphasis is mine): A pair of “professional astrologers” in California was enjoined last week from setting up sham trusts to conceal taxable income. That stuff doesn’t work, of course, but I liked this wrinkle: The pair is accused of having clients sign [...]
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Joe Kristan tells us why the Tax Court often doesn’t publish detailed opinions refuting frivolous tax protester arguments: Usually the Tax Court issues a “reported” opinion when it either is addressing a new issue or it wants to send a message. Yesterday they sent a message with an reported opinion explaining “Why we usually decline [...]
Tags: Absurd Tax Protester Arguments · Court Cases
I recently received a barage of vulgar and threatening comments from several unhinged tax protesters (these folks have serious anger problems) about my contention that people who argue that the federal income tax is a form of slavery are a couple of ants short of a picnic. If I published these frenzied screeds, it would conclusively prove my point [...]
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The IRS has issued it’s annual list of frivolous tax arguments at IR-2011-21. Below is the table of contents, courtesy of Paul Caron. The links are to blog posts I have written as part of my Absurd Tax Protester Arguments series. The Voluntary Nature of the Federal Income Tax System Contention: The filing of a tax return is voluntary [...]
