IRS vs. KUGLIN (IRS Loses in Memphis: Is Income Tax History?)

Sierra Times ^ | August 10, 2003 | Carl Worden

[ninenot]

The attorney representing the Memphis pilot is from Milwaukee and maintains a practice here.

[thackney]

ping

[JohnGalt]

A classic example that the media is neither 'conservative' or 'liberal' biased but it is 'statist' biased-- thanks for the find.

[BallandPowder]

Powder..Patch..Ball FIRE!

I'd like to see a transcript of this trial!

[cookcounty]

bump

[Mr. Lucky]

This is hardly a sober, authoritative source.

By the author's logic, the jury which returned a not guilty verdict in the O. J. Simpson murder case intended to signal that murder should be legal.

[mattdono]

True, but if this ruling took place, wouldn't there be some precedent to follow?

I am surprised that Boortz hasn't picked up on this.

I will do some research. See if we can get some independent verification.

[Bill Davis FR]

a bump for good news

[ffusco]

Hardly, the case demonstrates that Tax paying is "voluntary".

[ninenot]

You and a lot of other people.

[G L Tirebiter]

If this article is, in fact, correct then the story should get significant coverage just from the "Man Bites Dog" angle.

I'd also look for the blog buzz to drive it onto talk radio. We'll see if the story has legs.

I couldn't find anything in the on-line Commercial Appeal - do any Memphis Freepers have any add'l info?

[ninenot]

Agreed that the source has an interest.

But that does not serve to deny the truth of the report. Of course, there's a fair amount of "detail" missing...

[alancarp]

A Google News Search on "Kuglin" came up with two other postings:

IRS Loses Tax Case Against FedEx Pilot - Conspiracy Planet - http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=111&contentid=909
IRS Loses a Big One - NewsMax.com - http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/8/9/164934

[Jason_b]

I think it's time for everyone reading this to send a very polite letter to the IRS, telling them they read about the case in Memphis, and is it true that there is no section in the U.S. Tax Code that requires an individual citizen to pay federal income taxes?

Change the "is it" to "it is" and change the "?" at the end to a ".". To ask the IRS if what the jury/court already decided is true is just dumb. This is a fight. Someone just won. You don't ask the loser if the winner won. He's likely to lie or otherwise try to subtract from the victory of the winner.

[G L Tirebiter]

Oops, a little more looking found this:

http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/local_news/article/0,1426,MCA_437_2169609,00.html

[mattdono]

I found a limited amount of information. Google has a cached page of the court calendar (here) and another cached page that shows the hearing was scheduled for July 24 at 2:00 PM (here)...

Also found an article talking generally about the case. Basic detail, but here is the here.

[StolarStorm]

Guess this 'lady' thinks she is better than the rest of us... who have to pay her share. Hope she doesn't drive on the roads that she didn't help to pay for. Pure lunacy.

[Eala]

By the author's logic, the jury which returned a not guilty verdict in the O. J. Simpson murder case intended to signal that murder should be legal.

Um, I'm not so sure about that. Now I didn't follow the O.J. trial so I don't know what was said, but I suspect the argument presented to the jury was that O.J. didn't do it. I would be surprised if the argument was that the legal code permitted him to commit murder.

But I agree with you; this case needs more careful attention and analysis.

[mattdono]

Ah, beat me to it. That was one of the links I posted...1 minute after you had.

[Tauzero]

Things like this are why I think jury trials are a much better avenue for change than elections.

Doesn't matter who passes the laws, doesn't even matter if the prosecutor is right on the law, if juries refuse to convict.