I have a friend that is corresponding with the IRS. He got a letter saying he owed back taxes from something in Florida. From what he is telling me is he sent them a letter asking if he had to pay his back taxes & asked them i guess to state the law that shows he has to pay those taxes. They sent him a letter back only saying that he needed to pay the fees on those taxes (interest?) but said nothing about the balance. My friend though is stating "there is no law that states you have to pay your taxes, only one showing you have to pay the fees" How true or not true is that statement? Consequently I have practically zero knowledge of tax law, does anyone have any experience with this?
he says "he is not interested in following the crowd and just assuming there is a law that states you have to pay taxes or past taxes" so i figured someone on here could actually show the written law where it say you have to.
I can't think of anybody that's ever went to jail over not paying their taxes. Your friend should be fine.
Props to your friend though for being a free thinker. Most people faced with this scenario would wonder "How am I going to come up with the money to pay my back taxes?" But rather, your friend approached the situation differently by asking "how can I keep my money by not paying my back taxes?" Brilliant! Dare to be different!
Have your friend read about Irwin Schiff: www.paynoincometax.com/irwinschiff.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Schiff
The Secretary of State proclaimed the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment on February 25, 1913, 26 U.S.C. § 1 imposes tax on taxable income, 26 U.S.C. § 63 defines taxable income as gross income minus allowed deductions, 26 U.S.C. § 61 defines gross income as all income from whatever source derived, and 26 U.S.C. § 6012 requires the filing of returns by every individual with gross income for the year (with some exceptions). Dozens of cases have upheld the federal government's power to collect income taxes against just about every argument. http://taxfoundation.org/blog/law-says-we-have-pay-federal-income-tax
If your friend has paid his taxes in other years, that kind of blows up his "why should I have to pay taxes" defense.
Your friend is not clever and coming up with something new here, this has been tried unsuccessfully for decades...
On the plus side, perhaps you will soon personally know someone mentioned on wikipedia. Convictions of Schiff's followers Other individuals who have been convicted of federal tax crimes after following Irwin Schiff include Warren J. Burdett;[46] Christopher and Pamela Harrison;[47] Scott D. Haynes;[48] Kenneth Heath;[49] Joseph Letscher;[50] David Middleton;[51] Robert L. Mosel;[52] James C. Payne;[53] David G. Pflum;[54] and Steven A. Swan.[55]
