Are you engaged in a trade or business?
If so, do you KNOW what the legal definition of a "trade or business" is in the law?
You can find it in the tax code at 26 USC 7701(a)(26):
The term “trade or business” includes the performance of the functions of a public office.
There is NO OTHER definition of this term anywhere in the tax code.
FYI.
Not op but last week I claimed exempt on my w(eapon)4 after a month of bingeing Karl Lentz on YouTube.
The first step is to arm yourself with knowledge. Understand what rights you, the man, has in this land. Understand that everything you know is a lie and you actually need to be “re-educated”.
For starters, can you tell me how these codes and statutes apply to you? Did you ever sign a contract with them?
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They don't, I didn't. Claiming exempt is a step that keeps a little of the money flow. But then what does tend to happen is your workplace blabs to the IRS that you earned "taxable income". That means you either step in to ensure the facts are correct or you let the IRS accumulate evidence while you do nothing. You're on the right path.
Y'all keep using Legal Words, but have no idea what they mean....
""Income"", what is it in the IRS Codes??
""Wages"", What is it in the IRS Codes??
""Resident"", what is it in the IRS Codes??
Etc., etc., etc., all day long.....
Yeah, I read all of that shit way back in the early 80s, and have tried to apply it regularly, all the time....
Oh, I wouldn't be on this thread if I didn't know what they meant. That's the point.
"Income" is not defined in the IRS code, only hinted by a list of subcategories.
"Wages" is defined as a subcategory of income.
"Resident" is a fun rabbit trail but less important. The central part of the scheme is to get people to believe they're liable when they're not. The "resident" side of matters is merely ordinary due diligence so that, even if a Frenchman gets paid francs by a Frenchman, if they want to call it American income they have a route, so it's not central to the scheme.
The research in the 1980s was incomplete. Since then we've had time to complete the needed research. You're doing fine, don't stop.
The jist I got out of it back then, is that they think WE are all Gamblers, and are Gambling, in a type of Casino....
It actually aligns with any insurance you might get.....
Ins:: You're not a good Driver, I'll buy you a New Car, IF you place a bet with me, and have the Accident I know you'll soon have....
Individual:: I AM a good driver, and you'll see, I'll make that Wager, and I'll never have an accident, You will NOT buy me a New Car, so TAKE MY MONEY.....
Bets are made, accident waiting to happen, if your number comes up, you get a new car....
I should have added that the questions were rhetorical, sorry.
I’m sure my job already blabbed, they had to wait for adp to tell them what to do, plus they left some “mandatory” taxes in. Gonna have to issue a notice to them Monday.
Also the irs doesn’t have hands or feet. They’re not accumulating evidence. :)
Note, sending money to the IRS is not blabbing because the transmittal doesn't report what the money consisted of. Telling the IRS you filed exempt is not blabbing.
If you mean you are now considered "exempt" from "federal withholding" but not from "Social Security and Medicare withholding", yeah that's a harder one. When I called the IRS to complain about this same thing back when I was a teenager, the agent's answer was that I could always revoke my citizenship or declare poverty (becoming Amish/Mennonite is also good).
"Issuing a notice" is unlikely to prevent SS withholding. If you have good relations with the owner, you might seek conversion to contract work that doesn't withhold at all. If it's slave labor it'll be very hard to find a person who has latitude to decide.
But the withholding is not the nexus of liability. For that you need evidence, which is why agents collect it.
Very insightful.
I doubt a new contract would be on the table. And I believe that would only be necessary if I use the IRS definitions of employee. I’m an idiot to their codes.
I believe an alternative to revoking your citizenship is to simply choose not to exercise it. If you don’t feel like exercise your right leg, you don’t have to, no one’s going to make you exercise it. Sure, I’m a citizen, I’m an uncle, I’m a cousin, but I’m a man first and foremost. You have to separate the man from the person.
According to Peter Hendrickson “Cracking the code” social security and Medicare are income taxes and since I don’t have “income” I have “earnings” those taxes do not apply to me. I expect them to either update my withholding or I’ll asking for a reason why not in writing.
I was considering filling out a form 4029 but then I’d be asking them for permission but decided to take Karl Lentz approach on their forms. Simply put I don’t speak legalese, and there’s no law that requires me to.
If you have any counterpoints I’d love to hear them, this is all a learning experience for me and I’m sure someone else reading may benefit.