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warlock5 · 06-24-2005, 01:12 PM

Fuck WND and the press release. The New York Times got this story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/24/business/24irs.html

"The I.R.S. declined to comment on the verdict. The prosecutor, Robert Twiss, said the verdict showed only that the jury did not believe the government had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt."

"The jury verdict appeared to reflect the different way criminal tax laws apply to taxpayers and to professional advisers who promote tax cheating, said Jay Adkisson, a tax lawyer in Laguna Nigel, Calif., who tracks tax protesters at the Web site quatloos.com."

"It is hard to convict promoters," Mr. Adkisson said. "Promoters make a lot of money off their marks, watch their marks go to jail for not paying taxes and then take advantage of a loophole that lets them prepare bogus returns that they characterize as protest returns" prepared at the direction of the client."

"Mr. Banister was not charged with any failure to pay taxes."

So yeah, your still fucked if you aren't paying income taxes.

06-24-2005, 01:12 PM
warlock5 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Uranus Posts: 2,808	Fuck WND and the press release. The New York Times got this story: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/24/business/24irs.html "The I.R.S. declined to comment on the verdict. The prosecutor, Robert Twiss, said the verdict showed only that the jury did not believe the government had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt." "The jury verdict appeared to reflect the different way criminal tax laws apply to taxpayers and to professional advisers who promote tax cheating, said Jay Adkisson, a tax lawyer in Laguna Nigel, Calif., who tracks tax protesters at the Web site quatloos.com." "It is hard to convict promoters," Mr. Adkisson said. "Promoters make a lot of money off their marks, watch their marks go to jail for not paying taxes and then take advantage of a loophole that lets them prepare bogus returns that they characterize as protest returns" prepared at the direction of the client." "Mr. Banister was not charged with any failure to pay taxes." So yeah, your still fucked if you aren't paying income taxes.