Poonani Maker said:
They say... everyone must file... No you don't. Show me the law, not a provision, not a policy, show me the LAW!
the suggestion that the income tax (26 U.S.C.) is a "direct tax" is most profoundly false and has absolutely no basis in fact... or law.
The income tax (codified statutes found in 26 U.S.C.) is an excise, or privilege tax (or more accurately, an enforcement of the Underwood-Simmons TARIFF Act), levied upon a very limited set of activities within Congress' jurisdiction to tax. The average American living and working within the 50 states of the union is not liable. The only (and I do mean only) evidence to the contrary is the misuse of IRS forms by private sector payers (such as the W2 and 1099MISC). In ALL cases brought before either Tax Court (where ALL 'defendants' are guilty) and Federal District courts, these are the only materials of evidence used with regard to the establishment of liability.
The IRS is not committing any crime with regard to the income tax, per se, and neither is Congress. The actual criminal activity is being perpetrated by ignorant (and scared) private sector payers. They are submitting false documentation (bearing false witness) and committing fraud.
Want some evidence? Here's what the Internal Revenue Code says about withholding agents... you know, the reason your private sector payer tells you to support them STEALING from you.
26 U.S.C. § 7701(a)(16) - Withholding Agent
The term “withholding agent” means any person required to deduct and withhold any tax under the provisions of section 1441, 1442, 1443, or 1461.
... and what do sections 1441, 1441, 1443 and 1461 pertain to?
26 U.S.C. § 1441 - Withholding of tax on nonresident aliens
26 U.S.C. § 1442 - Withholding of tax on foreign corporations
26 U.S.C. § 1443 - Foreign tax-exempt organizations
26 U.S.C. § 1461 - Liability for withheld tax (meaning that if they don't hand over what they're supposed to collect from others, they become liable for it)
By your signature you have signed a contract that will hold up in any court. This is the reason why folks loose in court against the IRS... it's your open ended signature on the bottom line of that filing form. If you did not sign one of their hidden contract documents... you cannot be taxed by them, period.