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 [...]
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When did they start issuing surnames based on the number of brain cells one has in their head? If you want to understand just how irrational and intellectually dishonest tax protesters are you have to watch tax protester Michele Seven’s incoherent rant against paying taxes in its entirety. This sad and sorry woman starts by saying that she merely forgot to file her tax returns because she [...]
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Dr. Frankenstein: “You know, I’m a rather brilliant surgeon. Perhaps I can help you with that hump. Igor: “What hump?” Wesley Snipes still doesn’t think he did anything wrong. As you listen to this buffoon wax incredulous that government prosecutors chose to target his little old insignificant self remember that the tax loss to the IRS in [...]
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Tax News reports that a federal judge has permanently barred Thanh Viet Jeremy Cao and his business, Phoenix Financial Management Group, from preparing federal tax returns: The court found that Cao prepared numerous federal tax returns claiming a total of over $200 million n tax refunds based on false representations of tax withholdings. The court noted [...]
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Last week I received this interesting letter from a reader named Kenneth Snipps: June 14, 2010 Pappas & Associates 930 Woodcock Rd Suite 227 Orlando, FL 32803 Dear Sir or Madam, My name is Kenneth and I need your help regarding a tax matter Several months ago my neighbor Mr. Biggs told me there are hidden [...]
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I thought I had encountred all of the absurd tax protester arguments known to man, but Paul Caron has stumbled upon a new one (emphasis and footnotes are mine): From Business Day: Stephen Blackman tried explaining his failure to disclose more than $300,000 in income by claiming he didn’t know what the “$” symbol meant.¹ Sam Ellis, appearing [...]
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I am no fan of big government and inefficient bureacracy, but I loath to the core anti-government maniacs who would do harm to federal employees. They are terrorists of the worst kind – even worse than the Islamofascist true believers formerly hunkered down in the caves of Damadola. But as disturbing as it is, I really can’t say I’m [...]
