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.
Never happen! The IRS, the FEd. govt. and our state govts. are omnipotent! They have the time, they have the manpower, they have our unlimited cashflow to rely on and they will get you sooner or later...........
Never play poker with the government, with our money backing their hands, you will never win.......
Go Snipester, I hope you win........
Vampires fighting vampires.
I hate democrats.
She’s a hoot at parties.
>>Warning - pursuit of such a high profile target will open the door for your increased collateral risk, Snipes wrote. I certainly dont believe this is in your best interest and can be avoided.<<
What a moron.... plus he renounces his U.S. Citizenship.
Depends on whether it's a Return Program that's frivolous, or a Program that deals with Frivolous Returns.
LOL
You could be right, but I think the “elite” factor will weigh in.
Snipes lawyers will convince the Judge and/ or Jury that he was temporarily insane or some such crap.
He’ll pay the IRS what he owes and get community service making commercials about why not to cheat the IRS.
... or a schiz.
It sounds like a program that should be a sub-division of the Bureau of Silly Walks.
About the best thing he could do, would be turn all his assets into cash and give the cash away before he dies and leave no record of who it went to. No estate left, nothing for the IRS to collect from.
Yeah, the Nuwaubians were weird. They abandoned the compound a while back. The last time we visited Eatonton (after the exodus), their “temples” were in ruins. By temples, of course, I mean pyramids and obelisks that were nothing but brightly painted, poorly constructed, eyesores that had been thrown together from a pile of stucco and aluminum.
What a shame.
Thanks for the info-it rings a bell.
With the IRS, 600 pages is nothing.
I don’t think people know what he has in his basement or buried somewhere.
Looks like he is setting up an insanity defense!
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