Must we pay taxes?

I was wondering if we truly had to pay an income tax. It is just voluntary to give tax right? Or as "American Citizens" it is our duty to pay?

[powder]

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[BOBT12]

Originally Posted by Gillionaire

I was wondering if we truly had to pay an income tax. It is just voluntary to give tax right? Or as "American Citizens" it is our duty to pay?

Originally Posted by powder

Welcome to the forum. There are extensive discussions on income tax. The search engine is your friend.

powder is correct. However, here is a thread that you may want to review:

The code states that those who are "liable" must pay the tax. How do you determine if you are "liable"? The code says that the Secretary must assess a tax, signed under penalty of perjury, have you recieved an tax assessment lately? I have never received a personal tax assessment in my life. However, I have received a proposed assessment, and if you don't respond to this notice in 90 days, the IRS will assume that you agree to this assessment. The IRS will try to get you to go to Tax Court as the plaintiff, you are then considered guilty until you can prove otherwise, you will likely lose.

Otherwise an individual may assess himself/herself, by signing a form (mostly the 1040) under penalty of perjury. Have you done this recently, are you about to? If you do, then you have volunteered to pay the tax.

Oh, you have been told that you must volunteer, or else? I know that I have been told this. This is where the fraud, threats, duress, and coercion (TDC) come into action.

http://www.suijuris.net/forum/taxation/6870-irs.html

These document are misleading and unofficial . Why doesn't Mark Everson, IRS Commissioner; or the IRS's attorneys sign the documents under penalty of Perjury to make them official?

United States Code
TITLE 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
SUBTITLE F - PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 61 - INFORMATION AND RETURNS
SUBCHAPTER A - RETURNS AND RECORDS
PART IV - SIGNING AND VERIFYING OF RETURNS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

U.S. Code as of: 01/22/02

Section 6065. Verification of returns

Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, any return,
declaration, statement, or other document required to be made under
any provision of the internal revenue laws or regulations shall
contain or be verified by a written declaration that it is made
under the penalties of perjury.

Emphasis added.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/script...le=26&sec=6065

Check here for more information:

Rebutted version of the IRS "The Truth About Frivolous Tax Arguments"

http://famguardian.org/forums/index.php?showforum=19

Senator Rue said:

I guess you will have to go to jail. If that is the result of not understanding the Income Tax Law, I shall meet you there. We shall have a merry, merry time, for all of our friends will be there. It will be an intellectual center, for no one understands the Income Tax Law except persons who do not have sufficient intelligence to understand the questions that arise under it.