Yeah but. Nonfiling is not a solution for most people even though filing is not formally required (it's voluntary). If you don't volunteer, you empower the IRS to draw its own conclusions about your income (confiscation is often legal), which conclusions will generally depend upon the information returns it received that were copied to you. It's all about the info returns, if they are accurate then pay the tax, if they are inaccurate then correct them so that they won't audit you.
OP imagines that the only nexus is DC connection. This is incorrect, because working in territories or for a federal corporation are easy examples of other nexuses. Unless you locate the nexus that associates you with income tax, you won't know for sure how much you owe, and it doesn't help to listen to quick takes.
If you don't volunteer, you empower the IRS to draw its own conclusions about your income (confiscation is often legal)
Theft of property by IRS happens to filers, not non-filers.
When you sign that document as being correct and true, "under penalty of perjury," you WAIVE your rights.
Non-filers do not, and therefore IRS must take them to court, where due process can (and should) apply. Maybe they still take your property, but only after a court battle -- in which YOU do NOT provide any information that could be used against you (5th Amendment).
Joe Bannister, former IRS Special Agent (the ones who carry guns and make criminal arrests) said that when he took on a new case, the FIRST THING he did was pull all past tax returns, so HE COULD USE THAT TESTIMONY AS EVIDENCE AGAINST THE PERSON.
OP imagines that the only nexus is DC connection. This is incorrect, because working in territories or for a federal corporation are easy examples of other nexuses.
It used to be that way, but over the years, 26 USC 7701 (a)(10) has been re-defined and re-defined until today it ONLY applies to DC.
The other territories have, one-by-one, been given their own tax code so that the federal income tax (26 USC) does not apply to those territories anymore.
it doesn't help to listen to quick takes.
Agreed.
It's a deep subject that must be understood, and a 2-minute rant video does not cut it.
Yeah but. Nonfiling is not a solution for most people even though filing is not formally required (it's voluntary). If you don't volunteer, you empower the IRS to draw its own conclusions about your income (confiscation is often legal), which conclusions will generally depend upon the information returns it received that were copied to you. It's all about the info returns, if they are accurate then pay the tax, if they are inaccurate then correct them so that they won't audit you.
OP imagines that the only nexus is DC connection. This is incorrect, because working in territories or for a federal corporation are easy examples of other nexuses. Unless you locate the nexus that associates you with income tax, you won't know for sure how much you owe, and it doesn't help to listen to quick takes.
Theft of property by IRS happens to filers, not non-filers.
When you sign that document as being correct and true, "under penalty of perjury," you WAIVE your rights.
Non-filers do not, and therefore IRS must take them to court, where due process can (and should) apply. Maybe they still take your property, but only after a court battle -- in which YOU do NOT provide any information that could be used against you (5th Amendment).
Joe Bannister, former IRS Special Agent (the ones who carry guns and make criminal arrests) said that when he took on a new case, the FIRST THING he did was pull all past tax returns, so HE COULD USE THAT TESTIMONY AS EVIDENCE AGAINST THE PERSON.
It used to be that way, but over the years, 26 USC 7701 (a)(10) has been re-defined and re-defined until today it ONLY applies to DC.
The other territories have, one-by-one, been given their own tax code so that the federal income tax (26 USC) does not apply to those territories anymore.
Agreed.
It's a deep subject that must be understood, and a 2-minute rant video does not cut it.