man sues IRS and wins

[MrNiceGuy420]

Is it crazy to take the IRS to court claiming you don't legally have to pay income taxes? One guy did, and won
By Loresha Wilson

A Shreveport attorney who has challenged the government for years on the legality of filing federal income taxes has been acquitted on charges he failed to file returns.

A federal jury unanimously found Tommy Cryer not guilty this week on two misdemeanor counts of failure to file.

And according to Cryer, the prosecution dismissed two felony charges of tax evasion prior to trial.

Attempts by The Times on Thursday to reach U.S. Attorney Donald Washington or Bill Flanagan, first assistant U.S. attorney, were not successful. Calls made to the two were not immediately returned.

"The court could not find a law that makes me liable or makes my revenues taxable," Cryer said. "The Supreme Court has ruled that the government cannot impose an income tax on anything but the profits and gains. When you work for someone you give your service and labor in exchange for money, so everything you make is not profit or gain. You put something into it."

Cryer was indicted last year on two counts of tax evasion. The indictment alleged he evaded payment of $73,000 in income tax to the Internal Revenue Service during 2000 and 2001.

Cryer created a trust listing himself as the trustee, and received payments of dividends, interest and stock income to that trust, according to the indictment. He also was accused of concealing his receipt of the sources of income from the IRS by failing to file a tax return on behalf of that trust.

"I determined that my personal earnings were not 100 percent profits, some were income," Cryer said. "I refuse to file, I refuse to pay unless they can show me I have a lawful reason to pay."

"What I earned was my own personal labor. I am giving something in exchange. I'm giving my property and I don't belong to anyone else."

Cryer says he stopped filing returns more than 10 years ago after he investigated claims that income tax was a sham. He contends the law doesn't actually tax personal earning.

MrNiceGuy420 Reviewed by MrNiceGuy420 on 07-18-2007. man sues IRS and wins Is it crazy to take the IRS to court claiming you don't legally have to pay income taxes? One guy did, and won By Loresha Wilson A Shreveport attorney who has challenged the government for years on the legality of filing federal income taxes has been acquitted on charges he failed to file returns. A federal jury unanimously found Tommy Cryer not guilty this week on two misdemeanor counts of failure to file. And according to Cryer, the prosecution dismissed two felony charges of tax Rating: 5

[D.Boone]

it is true you can beat the irs because the federal income tax is unconstitutional.
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[Psycho4Bud]

Suprised to see ya posting here Boone.........

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[medicinal]

Aw shucks. My tax is so low, I don't complain. Give a little get a lot,~LOL~ eh P4B, I'm a recipient not a contributor,~LOL~. so all you hard working peons pay the piper and quit bitching,~LOL~. If my "investments" pay off, maybe I'll have to cough up.

[Psycho4Bud]

it is true you can beat the irs because the federal income tax is unconstitutional.

This type of statement is the reason why the last thread was closed. Did the article happen to mention that Tommy Cryer is an attorney that found a loop hole in the tax code by putting his money into trust funds? HELL NO!
The Shreveport Times

As usual lawyers and politicians that know the codes and loop-holes find a way around the system but for the rest of us paying taxes is MUST or you'll find yourself paying interest, penalties and possibly sitting some time.

This one is closed before I end up bouncing fountains of misinformation the hell out of here for good. SOME of the people on this site that aren't quite as aware of the system may just take a statement like this to heart. It wouldn't be a reflection on this site at all but as a fellow stoner I think it would be bullshit to let these people be misguided. Basically what Birdgirl stated in the last thread.

Have a good one!:s4: