User talk:Punkjazz91

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[edit] Tax resistance

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! I noted in the talk page for the above-referenced article that you added the following material as being examples of arguments in favor of tax resistance:

There is no way to file a tax return without voluntarily waiving one's Fifth Amendment right not to be compelled to bear witness against oneself. (all information given to the IRS is done so voluntarily and they may use any or all information within your return against you in a court of law)

There is no statute in the Internal Revenue Code that makes any American in the private sector liable to pay income tax. (citing Why No One Is Required to File Tax Returns and What You Can Do About It by Bill Conklin).

I removed the verbiage, but I want to explain why, as I also have done on the talk page for the article.

These are really, strictly speaking, Tax protester arguments, not tax resistance arguments. That is, these are legally incorrect, legally frivolous statements. This kind of material is already covered in the Wikipedia articles on tax protesters.

By contrast, tax resistance arguments seem to relate more to overall ideology or policy arguments by those who resist taxes.

See the distinction in the first two paragraphs of the article on tax resistance -- regarding the difference between tax protesters and tax resisters.

Also, this article is on tax resistance in general, and is not limited to the United States – while the two tax protester arguments that I removed really relate specifically and only to frivolous litigation involving the U.S. federal income tax. Yours, Famspear (talk) 18:36, 6 April 2008 (UTC)