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• JumpCrisscross 1y ago
  > So is tax evasion No. “In the United States, tax evasion constitutes a crime” [1]. [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/tax_evasion https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/tax_evasion
  • jeffbee 1y ago
    https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6663 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6663 Moreover: https://www.irs.gov/irm/part25/irm_25-001-006 https://www.irs.gov/irm/part25/irm_25-001-006
    • JumpCrisscross 1y ago
      One, yes, the separate charge of civil tax fraud is not tax evasion and is not a crime. Two, the IRS is a civil agency. It can only bring civil actions, even against alleged crimes. The DOJ, on the other hand, takes criminal referrals. (We tend to see civil siblings to criminal counterparts across our body of law.) Going back to OP’s question, when people refer to a high-crime neighbourhood, they aren’t talking about parking violations.
      • jeffbee 1y ago
        Yeah, that's my point. It's not a neutral point of view. Unlawfully operating cars is the most widespread and impactful behavior in SF, followed by wage theft, tax fraud, and tenant harassment. And all the other stuff that gets discussed as "crime" is in 4th place or lower.
        • JumpCrisscross 1y ago
          > Unlawfully operating cars is the most widespread and impactful behavior in SF If you think you can convince your fellow citizens to criminalise parking tickets, go for it. I doubt it has that much support. (But I don’t doubt that confidently!)
        • lazyasciiart 1y ago
          Why is it most impactful?
• potato3732842 1y ago
  You're not afraid to admit what's marketed as a fine or deterrent is simply a weirdly targeted tax but you're annoyed that it's sometimes avoidable due to only sporadic assessment of it. IDK what plane this policy spectrum exists on but man is horseshoe theory clearly alive and well on it.