[coloradan]

The IRS tries to draw attention to those cases to deter others from buying into bogus tax-avoidance techniques pitched in seminars, in books and on the Internet, said Harlan Carter, the special agent in charge of the San Antonio field office of the IRS criminal investigations division.

Meanwhile, the IRS tries to distract attention from the fact that people and organizations have demanded certain answers from the IRS about tax liabilities and questions of Constitutionality, and that the IRS refuses to answer them.

[RobRoy]

>>Meanwhile, the IRS tries to distract attention from the fact that people and organizations have demanded certain answers from the IRS about tax liabilities and questions of Constitutionality, and that the IRS refuses to answer them.<<

And one female airline pilot a year or two ago won against the IRS on just such an issue. She said she would be happy to pay once someone from the IRS showed her where in the tax code it said she had to. They refused and took her to court. She won.

And the article said that 300 people try to get away with it, but only 180 are jailed or fined. What of that other 120?

I have an a aquainence that is part of the Larkin Rose group. Hasn't filled out a return in over 12 years and makes really good six figure income. For them the key to protecting yourself is not entering into a contractual agreement with the irs - IOW do not sign a tax return.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Meanwhile, the IRS tries to distract attention from the fact that people and organizations have demanded certain answers from the IRS about tax liabilities and questions of Constitutionality, and that the IRS refuses to answer them.

The courts have repeatedly upheld the constitutionality of the tax laws. As a libertarian, I don't like our tax system, but as a lawyer, who often litigates against the IRS, I recognize the reality that those laws exist-- they were passed by Congress, they are enforced by the executive and they are upheld by the courts.

[PA28 Pilot]

Larken Rose, for example

[AppyPappy]

Meanwhile, the IRS tries to distract attention from the fact that people and organizations have demanded certain answers from the IRS about tax liabilities and questions of Constitutionality, and that the IRS refuses to answer them.

Shanklin is about to get all the answers.