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.
They said that according to one "secret" IRS form, income taxes only applied to aliens and not to American citizens. They told me what the form was and I ordered it (pre-Internet tax forms) from the IRS. It clearly said that if you were a US citizen you did not have to pay taxes on one type of income on form xxxx instead you had to use form yyyy. After seeing how the tax protesters twisted some pretty simple IRS instructions, I ignored them after that.
600 pages? L0LZ/ did Snipes even read any of what he signed? Oh lawdy.
for home
Total nutcase advised by two major nutcases. Did he really think he was going to get away with this?”
I don’t believe Snipes will do any hard time for this “misunderstanding”
Definitely up there with claiming itemized deductions in excess of your personal income.
I laughed so hard at that that I cried
I don’t know about the hard time, but he is going to have to pay some money.
Wesley Snipes’ next movie will be Black Beauty.
You should have filed Wes. You'd qualify for the Stimulus Package Rebate.
Which is why I find myself rooting for him.
LOL. His attorney probably barfed all over it on seeing it. As an attorney, I can say that writing something like that is the LAST THING IN THE WORLD you want your client to do. There's a reason for the old saying, "An attorney who represents himself has a fool for a client." It applies double or triple for a layman who does that.
The IRS reminds me of Paul Sorvino's character in "Goodfellas":
"Business bad? F*** you, pay me.
Had a fire? F*** you, pay me.
The place got hit by lightning? F*** you, pay me."
Oh, man. I just know I'm gonna end up either on the tube as a topic of the Frivolous Return Program or on an episode of Cops with my shirt off and a bottle of Night Train in my hand...
I have a friend who met him and had to work with him while working on a video game based upon a movie. He said he was about as sharp as a rock.
I’m just glad to find that he’s not one of the limo libs who want everyone else to pay higher taxes.
White Men Can't Indict?
Go Wesley!
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