Q-1:

Subject:  Is it true that income taxes are voluntary?

Kerry,

I have been doing much due diligence on the topic of my subject line. Do you still adhere to the same advice that you posted in 2000 on your Website? 

Thank you in advance,

My reply:

You're going to need to be more specific as to what advice you are referring to.  I have posted several thousand items to my websites and blogs.

Kerry Kerstetter

Q-2:

Kerry,

Sorry, here is the link http://www.taxguru.org/incometax/voluntary.htm

A:

Thanks for clarifying that for me.

Yes, the comments I made in that short piece seven and a half years ago are still as true today as they were back then.  As the recent Wesley Snipes case proved, there is still no shortage of people stupid enough to believe the bilge being promoted by tax protestor scammers.

Back in 2000 and earlier, I was extremely frustrated by the official IRS policy of trying to ignore the crackpot theories being espoused by tax protestor groups in the hopes that they would dwindle out on their own.  IRS finally learned that such silence was perceived as agreement by many gullible people, so they started their current aggressive campaign of prosecuting and imprisoning tax scam promoters and their celebrity customers.

Please check out this recent blog post for my feedback to a tax protestor who wants to pretend that there is no law requiring us to pay taxes:

I hope this helps.

Kerry Kerstetter

- posted by Kerry M. Kerstetter, MBA~CPA~ATP~ATA @ 6/07/2008 12:33:00 PM Send this post: