Legal Question in Tax Law in South Carolina

Citizen status, Am I a qualifying Soverign Citizen of the fifty States?

I have been to several websites telling me about being a "Soverign Citizen" of one of the Fifty States. They have informed me of such things as the "Fact" that I may become a soverign citizen of one of the fifty states, hence becoming not liable to pay US taxes. is this true? They say I could get rid of my SSN and claim myself as a "Non-Resident ailen" and fill out a tax form NR for the IRS. The websites stated that "The Congress of the USA has no jurisdiction other than that of Washington DC area and any other US Government installations, such as bases or republics like Puerto Rico.

I would like to receive a refund for my money sent into the Social Security Admin., for I have heard that it will be out of money by the time I will be able to receive it.(is this true?) I will try to foreward the address of the site in question to you for your scruitiny, for if this is false information, some people are going to get into a big mixup.


Asked on 9/25/97, 4:33 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Stuart Williams

Lies from liars.

No, you may not become a NRA and get a refundsocial security payments. I've studied extensivelythe claims of those who promote this concept ofsovereign citizenship, probably the very one you read, and it is a stack of lies. There are laws quoted which are not even on the books.

I'm not your attorney because I practice only under MA license for MA residents, but the tax law I studiedis federal law and I'm pretty knowledgeable there.

Please don't believe any of that, and write to me directly if you have doubts about what I'm tellingyou.

Why you should trust me and not trust them: I clearly cannot profit from telling you this, but they will try to one way or another. -- Usually, after selling you some books, they'lltry to get you to buy an expensive "trust" whichin reality does not legally do what they purport,and they may even tell you where to send your moneythat you're putting into such a trust.

I'm glad you asked! I hope I've saved you some trouble.

Most likely, as has happened to one person I know, you will be hit with a fine by the IRS for making a "frivilous filing" but theoretically you could be prosecuted and sent to jail.

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Answered on 9/30/97, 5:25 pm


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