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.
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....
Yes, insurance is gambling, but the IRS is a different kind of "house always wins". They act as if every time anyone gives us money in any way, even if we dropped it and they picked it up, it's a potential taxable transaction, because that's the way the tax system is designed to make them think. Every receipt is equal to a gambling profit; just see the Supreme Court case called Groetzinger for a peek at the rabbit hole. The answer is of course that we structure our lives so that everything we do with Washington funny money is expressed not to be a taxable transaction.
Well, the main excuse they use for the Taxes they impose, is that we are not using Constitutional Money, or U.S. Dollars, but in fact are using a Foreign Monetary System....
And I have to agree that we are in Fact using a Foreign Monetary System, that has as its Currency, the Foreign Funny Money called Federal Reserve Dollars...
We have our own form of Viable, Legitimate untaxable Money in Gold and Silver Coin, which is supposed to be Minted by the U.S. Congress, but the problem is that the U.S. Congress became soo incompetent and LAZY, that they voluntarily gave up that DUTY, to a Privately Owned Foreign Banking Corporation....
We know that ALL Foreign Currencies and Foreign Moneys, are Taxable, hence we get Taxed for using the Federal Reserve Corporate Notes, even though we do not have ANY OTHER CHOICE, and that is the definition of Strong Arm Robbery and Fraud....
I honestly do not know who to point at directly for this, other than the RNC and DNC, but I do know that the OWNERS of the Fed Res need to pay back everything they've stolen, PLUS Massive Interest at a rate of something like 90%, because of the Fraud they have perpetuated upon us with the bogus ""National Debt"", which is unpayable in any way....
Look at my other comments here. The Fed is horrendous and destructive, but it's a different allied scheme to the IRS. The IRS is in the process of mob shakeup collections by making everybody want to pay up rather than seek lower liability. The Fed is in the process of constant devaluation (melting) of the funny money already in the pocket ("ice-cream money"). Two different attacks on middle-class wealth. Obviously gold cannot be increased without expense of commensurate labor, but fiat can, so gold is money and fiat is "bad money driving out good".
But those who say gold vs. FRNs is the "excuse" for the taxes are mistaken. In this country where we are all sovereigns we cannot be taxed except by our consent. The IRS has worked very hard to hide the actual path by which we consent to the tax by our action and inaction. The use of FRNs is not that path; they would still tax you if you worked for gold from a modern-traditional employer who followed ADP rules. Essential: find the nexus. Thus see my other comments on this page.