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2024-10-23 15:58:06 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Income taxes are not imposed by a contract. Income taxes are imposed by statute (26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq for the federal income tax). This post is repeating urban legends and pseudolegal, sovereign citizen-style claims that have never succeeded when tested in court. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/1 https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/sovereign-citizen-movement-united-states https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/anti-tax-law-evasion-schemes-law-and-arguments-section-iii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudolaw

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    • Income taxes are not imposed by a contract. Income taxes are imposed by statute (26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq for the federal income tax). This post is repeating urban legends and pseudolegal, sovereign citizen-style claims that have never succeeded when tested in court. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/1 https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/sovereign-citizen-movement-united-states https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/anti-tax-law-evasion-schemes-law-and-arguments-section-iii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudolaw