Can somebody show me a law that requires me to pay an income tax?

Question

1) The 16th was not ratified
2) 26 U.S.C. § 1 does not ever mention tax on a person's labor.
3) The definition of Income from a 1040 booklet is Foreign source income.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf Look at page 22.

Also if you look at what to enter on line 7, it says wages, tips, salaries.... If a joint return enter your spouses INCOME.

Well my spouse has no income because they have not Foreign source income.

As for being part of the constitution, my freedom of religion is Christianity. Jesus asked peter from who do the kings of the land collect taxes from it's own sons or foreigners?. Peter replied "From foreigners".

Can't my freedom of religion keep me also from paying INCOME taxes.

And yes, I know, I know, they'll come and get me anyway and bring me to jail etc etc. That's called extortion BTW which is illegal.

Answer 1

Not this again. I've attached uscode Title 26, for info about paying taxes.

As I do recall though they also asked Jesus about paying taxes, and he asked them who was on a coin, and they said Caesar, and his response was give to Caesar what is Caesar's and give to God what is God's. I don't beleive that God is interested in getting tax money, so it must be paid to Caesar, and the govt is the current version of Caesar.

Try not paying taxes, and let me know what prison and cell number you end up in.

Your arguments about not paying taxes that you have quoted above have been used time and time again in tax courts, and have been shot down 100% of the time. And the tax courts have grown weary of hearing these arguments, so they have been hitting tax protestors with fines for putting forth failed arguments.

I also believe that both Jesus and Peter were crucified, and you will be too if you try those wonderful arguments in tax court.

Answer 2

1) The 16th amendment was ratified. If you say it isn't because of capitalization and spelling errors of the versions returned by the states, then you shouldn't believe the 13th amendment is ratified either. I don't see any statements from you questioning the legality of ending slavery after the Civil War.

Anyway, whether it was properly ratified or not, it is now a part of the Constitution and the only way to remove it is by another amendment which would have to be ratified by the states. Until that happens, the 16th amendment exists and no court can question it.

2) I'll assume you mean the money you receive because of your labor. USC 26 § 1 says there is "hereby imposed on the taxable income of—" Taxable income is defined in §61, §62, and §63. §61 defines gross income. That section states, "Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, gross income means all income from whatever source derived..." That simple statement right there indicates income from wages. If you don't believe that then § 3402 states, "every employer making payment of wages shall deduct and withhold upon such wages a tax determined in accordance with tables or computational procedures prescribed by the Secretary."
Finally, every court that has EVER considered the issue has determined that wages are income. I'm not going to quote them because you'll just claim it is all a government conspiracy which does nothing but prove that you are delusional.

3) You obviously don't know how to read documents. On page 22, there is a LARGE title "INCOME". Under that is a small title "Foreign-source income" which only applies to the next four paragraphs. The main INCOME title is similar to a chapter title, and the smaller bold titles are section titles under the INCOME chapter. Your whole argument concerning this document is specious. If your spouse worked last year or she is still working this year, she had an income.

4) No, your religion does not shield you from the income tax laws or any other law in our society. If your religion involved human sacrifice, do you think they wouldn't charge you with murder?

5) Enforcement of the law is not extortion. It is part of the necessary functioning of society. If you disagree with taxes, you have a choice, you can lower your income until you and your family are earning below the standard deduction, or you can pay your taxes, but vote for politician that you think will lower taxes.

6) How do you know extortion is illegal? Can you show me the law that says it is illegal? Can you name it without looking it up? I bet you can't. Neither can most people, but people know it is illegal because you couldn't be charged in court with extortion unless there was a law. It is the same with tax evasion or failure to file charges, if there wasn't a law, you couldn't be charged in criminal court. BTW, an acquittal of failure to file charges doesn't prove there isn't a law anymore than O.J. Simpson's acquittal proves there isn't a law against murdering your ex-wife.

7) One last thing, you ARE an idiot.

Answer 3

Two things:

1. Title 26 IS the law. If you think it isn't, then see #2.

2. You're an idiot.

In ref to your items.

#1. False. See #2 above if you think it's true.
#2. There's no tax on labor, that is technically true. There is a tax on income received as the fruit of your labor, however!
#3. Yeah, so what? Foreign source income is taxed as well. Keep reading on to the instructions for line 7! It does NOT say that only foreign source income is reported.

As to your religious objection, did not Jesus say, "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto My Father that which is His."?

Answer 4

If you think that you are going to get a federal judge to agree that taxes are unconstitutional, you need more help than we can give you.

Here is the IRS' answer to the common tax scam you are citing:

http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/article/0,,id=159853,00.html

Here is a Christian answer:

http://www.fraudsandscams.com/tax.htm

So why don't you render unto Caesar and do something good with your life besides entertaining yourself with fantasy?

Answer 5

1) yes it was
2) You're right. It says income from whatever source.
3) That is one of my favorite Tax Protester theories.....that because the first entry is "Foreign Source Income" that means that entire instructions only apply to Foreign Source Income. WRONG!!

"Render Unto Caesar which is Caesar's" - Translation - pay your taxes you moron.

Answer 6

The poor working man should not ever be required to pay a tax on his work since he makes no profit from it!! Only (Bodies) that reap a profit should have to pay taxes. Taxes should come from profits made, not workers who are taxed already fromt having to work in order to pay the (Bodies). This would save the Govt. millions of dollars in paperwork alone. All cash money should be abolished. All transactions would then be on record. That would crush MOST ALL illegal activities! Set a limit on how much a person can make with a business. Nobody needs to make millions a year. This is not fair, and keeps the poor, old, and needy from essential provisions.

Answer 7

What are you telling us??? That you think everyone except YOU should pay for police protection, fire department protection, highways, education, environmental protection, and all the other things that are paid for through taxes? How old are you???

Answer 8

I have accepted in life...

The sun always rises
The sun always sets
The IRS gets their share

Thanks for the info but I can't do anything with it....I like my freedom

Answer 9

Free-loader!

Answer 10

The Bible also says "Give to Caesar what is Caesars."

Good try. Sorry.