I have seen the Larkin Rose video. It is VERY convincing. Its premise is basically this: If you are a US citizen, you only owe federal income taxes on income earned outside the US.
Also, they seem to have a problem with judges in that judges refuse to hear their case. Even though the case appears to be strong, and the IRS has just plain admitted that the average IRS agent can not show you where the tax code says you must pay taxes, the judges will still throw out the arguments without even allowing the case to be heard with some remark along the lines of "everybody knows you have to pay taxes."
The video uses computer graphics of the tax code to show one section pointing to another, pointing to another until you finally get to the bottom line. From what I saw, not only do we not need to pay taxes on domestic income, but they change the code every couple of decades to change where the wording is, and how it is worded, but it still says the same thing.
It is, indeed, very suspicious. However, this is not a battle I choose to fight. If it gets bad enough, I will in fact join John Galt in the mountains. It isn't that bad yet.
Meanwhile, my friend is doing just fine. Twelve years and counting. They better hurry up before he dies of old age.
On a side note, he pays his state b & o taxes...
I wouldn't make legal decision based on a video I received in the mail. When they say the IRS has not answered these questions, there is no way to prove their assertion. The courts have made these decisions. No one has legally avoided paying income taxes using these tapes. No one. Even the grifters who sell them have been reduced to admitting they are a lie.
You are responsible for paying income taxes on your income, not just your reported income.