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Someone once described insanity as repeating the same act but expecting different results. By this witty observation, people who attempt to avoid the income tax through legal argumentation must be insane. Not once has a single legal argument prevailed in halting or avoiding this tax. There is good reason: politicians, bureaucrats, attorneys, and judges all derive their salaries from this tax. They are not about to kill their golden egg. Hardly surprising is that the concept of due process of law is noticeably absent throughout the administrative process. Instead the process is based almost entirely upon presumptions.
What is due process of law? Fundamentally, the minimal standard is the opportunity to be heard before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property. What is an opportunity to be heard? A meaningful exchange and confrontation to introduce evidence and challenge allegations. What is evidence? Any probative document, thing, or testimony that supports or affirms an allegation.
Due process of law is significantly unimportant to many people because the income tax system is based upon self-confession. File a return, report income, calculate the tax, and the bureaucrats and judges pay little mind. Fail or refuse to file a return, or juggle the numbers in a doubtful manner, and the hounds are released.
What is due process of law? Fundamentally, the minimal standard is the opportunity to be heard before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property. What is an opportunity to be heard? A meaningful exchange and confrontation to introduce evidence and challenge allegations. What is evidence? Any probative document, thing, or testimony that supports or affirms an allegation.
Due process of law is significantly unimportant to many people because the income tax system is based upon self-confession. File a return, report income, calculate the tax, and the bureaucrats and judges pay little mind. Fail or refuse to file a return, or juggle the numbers in a doubtful manner, and the hounds are released.