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**Frank Ettin** · June 30, 2008, 12:09 AM

I'll tell you what, Nate. Why don't you stop paying your income tax and call the IRS and let them know. I bet that when they prosecute you, they'll cite a law or two.

I'm not going to go browsing the Tax Code because (1) I've always hated tax law and found the Internal Revenue Code mind numbingly dull reading; and (2) this is my profession and not my hobby so I only bother when I'm well paid for doing it. But I do know that over the years a bunch of people have been prosecuted for not filing their income tax returns, or for lying on them; and a bunch of those folks have gone to jail as a result. They also generally had lawyers defending them. So if it were as simple as "there's no law requiring paying income tax" I would think that at least one of those defense lawyers would have been able to successfully argue that.

June 30, 2008, 12:09 AM	#2
Frank Ettin Staff Join Date: November 23, 2005 Location: California - San Francisco Posts: 9,471	I'll tell you what, Nate. Why don't you stop paying your income tax and call the IRS and let them know. I bet that when they prosecute you, they'll cite a law or two. I'm not going to go browsing the Tax Code because (1) I've always hated tax law and found the Internal Revenue Code mind numbingly dull reading; and (2) this is my profession and not my hobby so I only bother when I'm well paid for doing it. But I do know that over the years a bunch of people have been prosecuted for not filing their income tax returns, or for lying on them; and a bunch of those folks have gone to jail as a result. They also generally had lawyers defending them. So if it were as simple as "there's no law requiring paying income tax" I would think that at least one of those defense lawyers would have been able to successfully argue that.