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the IRS has several pages discussing frivolous tax arguments in extensive detail with numerous case law citations. your claim is indexed as "D.4. Contention: Ta
by Hello71 3y ago
the IRS has several pages discussing frivolous tax arguments in extensive detail with numerous case law citations. your claim is indexed as "D.4. Contention: Taxpayers do not have to file returns or provide financial information because of the protection against self-incrimination found in the Fifth Amendment" https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/the-truth-about-frivolous-tax-arguments-section-i-d-to-e#contentiond4 https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/the-truth-about-frivo... which references seven court cases, in which several claimants were sanctioned for advancing frivolous tax arguments and others had criminal convictions upheld.
- lettergram 3y agoAh cool, so the government which is levying the taxes… and paying their salaries, claim it’s frivolous to argue any alternative point. Lol you can’t be serious? I’m sure we all agree it judges are humans and apply laws in bias ways. There are plenty of Supreme Court cases we would consider insane today. You’re not going to get any government official to claim “yes take my salary”. Not going to happen. I can read the bill of rights.
- drivebycomment 3y agoA classical ad hominem, attacking the motive fallacy.
- pclmulqdq 3y agoAd hominem is not always a fallacy. This is an actual, material conflict of interest that the government has (which happens in all of tax law). The existence of that conflict does discount the validity of the sources somewhat, but it is an exercise for the reader to decide how much. Personally, I'm not so convinced by the 5th amendment vs tax returns argument, but that's not because a bunch of government lawyers are telling me that the 5th amendment doesn't apply.