Posted on 01/24/2008 2:36:05 PM PST by Dr. Zzyzx
OCALA - Less than two months after being indicted in 2006, actor Wesley Snipes sent a document to the Internal Revenue Service declaring he was a "nonresident alien" of the United States, refuting his Social Security number and warning that continued prosecution could lead to professional consequences for federal employees.
IRS Frivolous Return Program senior technical advisor Shauna Henline read excerpts of the document into the record during Snipes' tax evasion trial on Thursday at prosecutors' direction.
In the 600-page declaration signed by Snipes and sent Dec. 4, 2006, Snipes said he had "no ill intent or malice" and didn't want to evade any lawful requirement to pay taxes. But he went on to say the government had "no lawful authority to impose any kind of criminal sanctions."
Snipes declare he had no taxable U.S. income, making the IRS Form 1040 "absolutely the wrong form for me to file." He also claimed taxes withheld were "stolen funds."
He chastised the IRS and prosecutors saying their position toward him was "simply false, fraudulent and misrepresenting."
The document also warned the government's "illegal collection action" would result in "significant personal liability" for those involved.
"Warning - pursuit of such a high profile target will open the door for your increased collateral risk," Snipes wrote. "I certainly don't believe this is in your best interest and can be avoided."
Snipes and codefendants Eddie Ray Kahn and Douglas Rosile are on trial in federal court in Ocala. Each is charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud and one count of aiding and abetting the making of a false and fraudulent claim as part of an alleged tax fraud scheme. Snipes also is charged with six counts of willfully failing to file federal income tax returns.
Now *there's* a job!
LOL. 600 pages to the IRS? Wonder if his attorney signed off on it too.
“Warning - pursuit of such a high profile target will open the door for your increased collateral risk,” Snipes wrote. “I certainly don’t believe this is in your best interest and can be avoided.”
LOL!
Yah, reading 600 pages of BS every day.
No, but he belongs in the shed with the other tools.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0114082snipes1.html
You gotta go see this crazy SOB’s legal “briefs” and other bizzare stuff about this case.
Total nutcase advised by two major nutcases. Did he really think he was going to get away with this?
Snipes seems to be getting rady to play the grizzled old prison lifer in his next movie.
LLS
If he is a "nonresident alien", WHERE does he reside? And in what country is he a citizen?
Did he add “Only the little people pay taxes.....and always bet on black.”
Sounds pretty full of himself. On the other hand he is fighting an agency that has a habit of destroying people for the simple fact that they fight back.
Dear IRS. I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list.
On the list of ways to avoid scrutiny of your tax filing practices, physically threatening an IRS agent may not be near the top.
I think he runs some sort of quasi religuous/ martial arts compound
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