No law states you have to pay taxes

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IRS vs. Kuglin


by Carl F. Worden



Forget the war in Iraq, Afghanistan and our excellent adventure in Liberia. Forget about Kobe, Arnold, Arriana, Scott and Laci. The biggest news of the entire week is that on August 8, 2003, the IRS was unable to convince a jury in Memphis, Tennessee that the Federal Tax Code requires the citizens to pay individual income taxes. I kid you not. I watched as many Sunday news programs as I could possibly stand, and I didn’t hear a single mention of the IRS’ debacle in Memphis. If you ever had doubts about the mainstream media being controlled by the federal government, doubt no more.

For those not already aware, FedEx Pilot Vernice Kuglin began studying the IRS Code some years ago, and was simply unable to find anywhere in the code that she was required to pay federal income taxes.

And here’s the most remarkable part: Back in 1995, Kuglin wrote letters in good faith to the IRS, asking them to show her where the Tax Code requires individual citizens to pay federal income taxes. Incredibly, the IRS never answered a single one of her letters!

As she studied the facts, laws and related documents more, Kuglin became convinced that, regardless of the IRS’ failure to respond one way or the other, she was exempt from paying federal income taxes. So, Kuglin filled out W-4 forms showing 99 exemptions, and turned them in to her employer. Doing that meant Kuglin got to take home almost all of her paycheck each payday, instead of what was left after the feds ravaged it.

The IRS went after Kuglin for six counts of tax evasion on $920,000.00 income, and for filing “false” W-4 forms, charges that could have put the 58 year-old Kuglin in federal prison for up to 30 years and cost her 1.5 million in fines.

Apparently, things didn’t go quite the slam-dunk way federal prosecutor Joe Murphy thought they would. My money says the IRS wishes they had never gone after Kuglin at all. In fact, after the jury returned not guilty verdicts on all counts, Murphy is reported to have demanded that the judge order Kuglin to file her forms, pay her taxes and “obey the law”. The judge reportedly replied, “Sir, I don’t work for the IRS.”

Now pinch yourself and review this astonishing turn of events: A highly trained and educated federal prosecutor in Memphis was unable to convince 12 American citizens that Vernice Kuglin was required to pay federal income taxes. He was clearly unable to produce a single section of the Tax Code to that end, and the jury was unanimous in clearing Kuglin of all charges against her. If the foregoing was not so, Kuglin would have been convicted.

Jurors tend not to be very sympathetic with tax scofflaws, since each one of them is also a taxpayer and they understandably feel resentment towards anyone not paying “their fair share”. So in order for this federal jury to completely vindicate Kuglin, the government’s failure to prove their case against her had to have been clear and unequivocal!

I haven’t read the trial transcript yet, but I must assume the federal prosecutor at least tried to twist some vague and ambiguous section of the Tax Code to make it look like it applied to Kuglin. I don’t know that, but I’ll bet he tried. What else could he use to prosecute her with?

Thanks to the IRS’ arrogance and stupidity, and Kuglin’s refusal to plead to lesser charges, Kuglin accomplished what Bob Schultz and the other “tax protesters” had been denied all along: To force the IRS into a public debate and to answer the question of whether or not the Tax Code requires an individual to pay personal income taxes. Kuglin and her two attorneys, Larry Becraft and Robert Bernhoft, have unequivocally forced the IRS to show its hand, and 12 judges hearing that debate ruled the answer to be “NO”.

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?

Don’t be threatening in any way, or announce that you plan to stop paying federal income taxes. This request is for your personal edification, and you just simply want to know the truth.

Like Kuglin, you probably won’t get an answer back, but just to prove you sent the letter and that they received it, be certain to send the letter via certified U.S. Mail, with a return receipt requested. When you get that receipt back, staple it to a copy of the letter you sent the IRS, and put it somewhere real secure, like a personal safe or bank deposit box.

I don’t have to explain why, now do I?

Now, how many calls to FOX’ Bill O’Reilly will it take to convince him we know he’s doing a spin in the No-Spin Zone by sitting on this story? Start e-mailing O’Reilly at [email protected], and be sure to give him your city and state. He’s gonna love me.

Carl F. Worden

Source: http://www.sierratimes.com/03/08/10/ar_IRS_vs._KUGLIN.htm

[Yoshi]

wha? 2 good to be true... that's not a repost of something from the onion or anything?

[RJF]

She was just acquitted of tax evasion.....there was no court decision that said she didn't have to pay taxes.


http://www.taxprophet.com/hot/Trustscam.shtml


August, 2003 Tax Protester Acquitted of Tax Evasion

A jury acquitted Vernice B. Kuglin, a Federal Express Pilot who failed to pay taxes on approximately $920,000 of income received over a 6-year period because she claimed she thought compliance with income tax laws was voluntary. The defendant stated she inquired about whether the income tax system was voluntary, but IRS refused to answered her, thereby misleading her into believing that she was not required to pay tax. Note: A criminal conviction for tax evasion requires an intentional violation of the law. Evidently, the jury believed her defense that she honestly thought she was not required to pay taxes, regardless of whether such a belief is reasonable or true.

A defensive-sounding Justice Department official stated that although there are hundreds of criminal tax convictions, every so often, there is an acquittal and promised that IRS would pursue the defendant in civil court for all taxes due, plus penalties and interest. For Ms. Kuglin, her victory was hollow – after expending attorney’s fees for her defense, she will owe an amount equal to all taxes, penalties and interest on the income she “thought” was tax-free.

Although tax protesters hailed the victory as validating their claims, the case appears to be an aberration, according to statistics. The conviction rate in these cases is well over 99%. Nevertheless, IRS may have to change the way it responds to tax protester arguments, perhaps inserting a provision in the instructions to Form 1040 stating that payment of income tax is not voluntary and Section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations thereto clearly state that tax liability is imposed on taxpayers with income above a minimum threshold.