Any tax attorneys out there?
Submitted by Bob-45 on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 05:58
I'm no tax law expert, but it seems to me the recent surge in declarations of state sovereignty creates tax collection problems for both federal and state income tax. States that piggybacked their authority to derive income tax revenues from federal law (thus bypassing their Constitutions), have now negated that authority by these declarations; more so, can't they be enjoined from allowing businesses operating within their boundaries from acting as agents of IRS extortion?
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It's a non-issue.
States don't need federal authority to levy income taxes. If their state constitutions permit it, then state legislation is all it takes.
-jcr
"The problem with trying to child-proof the world, is that it makes people neglect the far more important task of world-proofing the child." -- Hugh Daniel
Yes and no
You're right that states can collect an income tax but all of the states (I think) hinge liability to pay tax on federal liability to pay tax. Thus, all states support the federal taxation fraud.
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You can pretty much understand Congress when you think of the Democrats as the Genoveses and the Republicans as the Gambinos. - Michael Ruppert (paraphrase)
Most states passed Resolutions, not legislation
They are roughly as meaningful and binding as New Year's Resolutions.
Truth exists, and it deserves to be cherished.
As I see it
the resolutions are a way to begin to change the mindset of politicians on a state level. In other words, it's a way to raise awareness. Once we get them thinking about respecting the Constitution and having the cahunas to stand up to the federal government, then maybe just maybe they will pass some legally binding legislation or adopt some state level policies to force the feds to back off.
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You can pretty much understand Congress when you think of the Democrats as the Genoveses and the Republicans as the Gambinos. - Michael Ruppert (paraphrase)