Again, thank you. Why is it you can find it and the IRS couldn't find it with both hands and a flashlight?
Why is it that the judge didn't insist that the IRS agents list the section of the code that closes that argument?
Why is it that the DOJ prosecutor didn't just stand up and read that one section of code, and put up just some of that case law provided a few minutes ago by Geezer?
Why do our government representatives believe that they are so far above us that they don't have to answer to us or follow the same rules they make us follow?
That's the main thing that gets me ticked off on this topic.
Paul
Tax protester trial begins
By Max B. Baker
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
On Monday, prosecutors put 11 witnesses on the stand -- including Simkanin's sister-in-law Dianne Clemonds -- to try to show that Simkanin knew what he was doing when he stopped withholding and paying taxes on employee wages.
Clemonds said she worked at Simkanin's company, Arrow Custom Plastics, for 11 years, including as an accounts payable clerk. Eventually, she became aware that Simkanin had decided not to pay the income taxes.
She testified that Simkanin made her "president" and put her name on the bank accounts and credit card bills because he didn't want to sign any legal documents. Simkanin "didn't want to be part of the system," she said.
Clemonds testified that she resigned because she didn't want the responsibility and that she "wasn't going to go to jail for him."
Accountants James Kelly and Fred Taylor said that they repeatedly warned Simkanin that his approach to filing his taxes would get him into trouble. Eventually, they said, they refused to prepare his business and personal tax returns.
"He did not believe the Internal Revenue Code applied to him," Taylor said. "I told him it did and that he would get into a lot of trouble."
Prosecutors also put Internal Revenue Service agents on the stand to bolster their argument that Simkanin intentionally broke the law. Under federal tax laws, ignorance of tax codes can be used as a legal defense.
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