Quote Originally Posted by JennB
I've been an accountant for 8 years and I've heard this argument many times. Sure, some people have taken the time, effort and education to get around the system but those people are few and far between. You can say they don't legally owe it but just try and fight it. You won't get very far. The courts will side with the IRS and you will have to pay. Besides, how is that fair? I pay every penny of my taxes every year and I understand the tax system very, very well. Why should someone else not pay? Fair? No. I've only met one person in my life who had managed to beat the system and fight to now pay taxes and he was a very eccentric, genius, older man who lived on an island on the coast of SC, owned all of his property outright, worked for cash and didn't use banks and he still fought the IRS all the time.

You can fuss all you want and say that the letter of the law does not make their actions legal but keep saying that when your wages are garnished and your property is seized. It's best to just do your part and pay as you are supposed to. If you don't want to pay as much as you do, educate yourself or employ a good accountant to lessen your tax burden. I spent years behind a desk where my primary job was to lessen the tax burden of my clients, it can be done but you have to do the work and not just sit and ignore notices or say "I don't have to pay", it's not that simple.
Oh no, you mis-understood me. I pay my taxes because I KNOW you cannot fight it. Like i said, they will strong arm you into paying and I would never put my family nor myself through a useless fight. BUT I'm merley stating it is not law and therefore illegal but there are many things that the government does that is illegal, there is usually not much a single person or a minority can do about it. In that respect the Fair Tax Act is gaining supporters all the time and COULD possibly make it with enough support in the Senate and Congresss. Justto be clear, the FairTax Act is not topay no taxes, it's to not pay income tax but to pay sales tax instead. So in affect you get almost your entire pay check and you only pay taxes on the things you buy instead of paying taxes on your hardwork.
I beleive there is a VERy good Google video on it that explains it and also illustrates the ammendment that was attempted to be passed and didn't. It was produced by a well known movie producer.

I found it: It's a Documentary by Arron Russo here
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...80303867390173
Check it out, it is about 2 hours long but very interesting andmakes very good points.
I watched it a couple years back when i first even heard about the FairTax.org site and was just investigating what it was after i saw it on a bumper sticker. Back then it was not nearly as talked about or as popular as it is today. It's agood thing to watch whether you beleive in it or not.