Schiffite shut down

[Demosthenes]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2008
http://WWW.USDOJ.GOV
TAX
(202) 514-2007
TDD (202) 514-1888

DALLAS AREA MAN BARRED BY COURT FROM OPERATING TAX SERVICE

Prepared Federal Income Tax Returns Falsely Showing No Income

WASHINGTON. – A federal court in Dallas has permanently barred Arlington, Texas, businessman Phillip M. Ballard from preparing federal income tax returns for anyone other than himself, the Justice Department announced today. U.S. District Court Judge Jorge A. Solis issued the civil injunction order, which also bars Ballard from representing customers before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The court found that Ballard, whose business is called Asset & IRS Shield, Inc., illegally prepared federal income tax returns for customers that falsely showed nothing but zeros on most if not all lines. The “zero return” scheme has been on past IRS annual lists of the Dirty Dozen tax scams. A notorious tax resister who promoted the zero-return scheme, Irwin Schiff, is currently serving a prison sentence following his criminal conviction for promoting the scam.

The court’s order also requires Ballard to notify his customers of the injunction and prohibits him from advertising tax return preparation services on his Web site.

Since 2001, the Justice Department’s Tax Division has obtained more than 310 injunctions to stop the promotion of tax fraud schemes and the preparation of fraudulent returns. Information about these cases is available on the Justice Department website, as is information about the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

[jkeeb]

The court found that Ballard, whose business is called Asset & IRS Shield, Inc., illegally prepared federal income tax returns for customers that falsely showed nothing but zeros on most if not all lines

The article fails to note that the scheme would work if only Ballard had reported that all his customers were gunsmiths in the Virgin Islands.

[Judge Roy Bean]

Did they get a list of his customers or are they relying on his word that he'll notify them?

[TheSaint]

The article fails to note that the scheme would work if only Ballard had reported that all his customers were gunsmiths in the Virgin Islands.

I'm sure I'm the only poster on Quatloos who doesn't get this joke, but... could somebody please explain the whole "Virgin Islands gunsmith" gag to me? Or would that violate some Illuminati code?

[Dr. Caligari]

I'm sure I'm the only poster on Quatloos who doesn't get this joke, but... could somebody please explain the whole "Virgin Islands gunsmith" gag to me? Or would that violate some Illuminati code?

There is a school of idiot tax deniers who claim that only people who live in federal territories, or who engage in certain regulated industries, are subject to income tax. There is a sub-school of these idiots who claim that if you get your IMF (Individual Master File) from the IRS, there are numerical codes on it (which they will "decode" for you-- for a price, of course) which show that the IRS has you listed as living in the Virgin Islands and/or as being a federally-licensed gun dealer. Their claim is that you can then "correct" these codes and become tax-free.

[LDE]

Kind of like the claim that you can visit the Virgin Islands and regain your virginity.

[webhick]

Kind of like the claim that you can visit the Virgin Islands and regain your virginity.

Or the claim that it's full of virgins. Which sounds like a nightmare. Who wants to have an inexperienced cabana boy? I want someone someone else has already broken in and trained properly.

[grixit]

Kind of like the claim that you can visit the Virgin Islands and regain your virginity.

Or the claim that it's full of virgins. Which sounds like a nightmare. Who wants to have an inexperienced cabana boy? I want someone someone else has already broken in and trained properly.

I'm here for you darlin'

I dunno. Once the legendary CaptainKickback breaks in a cabana boy, they're rarely satisfied with anything less.

[LPC]

Once the legendary CaptainKickback breaks in a cabana boy, they're rarely satisfied with anything less.

Does "they're" refer to CaptainKickback or the cabana boy?

It makes a difference.

(Think about it.)

[TheSaint]

The IRS has you listed as living in the Virgin Islands and/or as being a federally-licensed gun dealer. Their claim is that you can then "correct" these codes and become tax-free.

Thanks. I appreciate the explanation.