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Originally Posted by misterajc
OK, here's what a tax lawyer friend told me about income tax being voluntary: "Of course income tax is not voluntary. However, if you can convince a jury that you really truly BELIEVE that it is voluntary, then you won't be sent to jail for tax fraud, you'll just have to pay the back taxes and penalties and legal fees."
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There have been people who have fought the constitutionality of having an income tax and won. There are also those who did it and lost and were sentenced to YEARS in prison. You're putting your life in the hands of a jury of peers that in all likelihood pays income tax themselves.