Yes, and the permutations and variations on tax protester/tax denier themes seem to go on and on, and evidenced by the length of Dan's Tax Protester FAQ. One of the variations I have seen is the argument that there is no ONE SINGLE code section that makes an individual liable for the federal income tax. I once had a tax protester complain on the ground that, more or less, EVERYTHING in the Code that makes you liable for the income tax should be found in ONE AND ONLY ONE code section, and not spread out among several code sections. This, of course, is another imaginary rule cooked up by those people. Imaginary rules, magic words, "the statute has to say it in just the way I want it to be said before I'll agree that I am liable", etc., etc. These are the people who, when they were kids, argued endlessly with their parents about whether they were really required to clean up their rooms, or whether they were going to be allowed to take that car out on Friday night, or whether they were going to be required to be back from that date by eleven pm, etc., etc.Pottapaug1938 wrote:"If you're referring to a law that requires an individual to pay federal income taxes, there isn't one."
Despite the best efforts of many Quatloosers, the facts aren't likely to change TP minds -- if they have any. They are looking for a law that says something like "each person is liable for, and required to pay income tax," etc., and which set forth an exhaustive list of definitions relevant to income taxation. They are looking for a law that sets forth this requirement in the loopy language that they use and that they require for anything which they plan to respect and heed. As on point as Demo's last post is, and as exhaustive as Dan Evans's Tax Protestor FAQ is, none of this will ever convince the TPers -- these things don't say what the TPers want to hear.
Unfortunately, while parents sometimes spoil their kids or (perhaps) contribute to the development of narcissistic personality disorders in their kids, neither the IRS, nor the courts, nor the law itself "cares" about the imaginary rules cooked up by tax protesters. The tax protesters huff and puff and huff and puff and feed each other the repetitive nonsense, and it never goes anywhere once the rubber meets the road. What a sad, miserable group.
