Re: Irwin Schiff convicted of tax evasion
morningsun - where did you get that info? Cracking the Code, by Pete Henderickson is about applying and learning the rule of law. It works if it is learned. I know.
Schiff, Larson Rose et all had glaring errors and lead many back into the pen, or in the pen!
Knowledge is certainly power - and the IRS knows the law and MUST have certain forms declaring your untaxable earnings to be taxable. Read before you judge, and see how many have had full refunds if they corrected their false evidence as requred by them.
The book is accurate.
I base my comments upon my own experience. I know there are some people out there who have been able to keep the IRS at bay for a long time using various techniques. But I also know of a lot of people that have gotten in trouble. The government is lawless and criminal and will do whatever they can to extract tax money, regardless of the law. If there is material in the book that you feel is working, by all means go for it. I'd simply advise caution on assuming victory based on a refund or lack of response from the IRS. They often will intentionally delay responding to you for years, and then come after you with all kinds of added interest, penalties, and interest on the penalties. It has destroyed a lot of people's lives.
I also hear a lot of people say that Irwin Schiff was off track with what he was doing, because he wasn't taking into account the 14th Amendment, citizenship issues, etc. I understand that there may be something to that. But I still think he was legally correct in his basic assertions which include, in part:
1) There's no law requiring anyone to file an income tax return;
2) There's no law requiring anyone to pay income taxes,
3) There's no law establishing penalties for anything relating to income taxes,
4) Any requirement to file an income tax return is violative of the Fourth, Fifth, and other Amendments in the US Bill of Rights.
And those reasons are way more than enough to tell me he is correct. A few years back, one of Schiff's cases was the subject of an article in the Journal of Taxation, which said that his conviction overturned decades of established tax law.
Anyway, if you've got something that you know is working, then again that's great news. Hopefully it will continue to work, because I'm convinced for myself that the system is based on fraud, not law.