Legal Question in Tax Law in Florida

Re: Income taxes

Obviously, you have been reading tax protester propaganda. I fight the IRS every day and I have never worked for the IRS. The Income Tax has repeatedly been held legal. The explanation is:

For federal income tax purposes, "gross income" means all income from whatever source derived and includes compensation for services. I.R.C. � 61. Any income, from whatever source, is presumed to be income under section 61, unless the taxpayer can establish that it is specifically exempted or excluded. In Reese v. United States, 24 F.3d 228, 231 (Fed. Cir. 1994), the court stated, "an abiding principle of federal tax law is that, absent an enumerated exception, gross income means all income from whatever source derived."

All compensation for personal services, no matter what the form of payment, must be included in gross income. This includes salary or wages paid in cash, as well as the value of property and other economic benefits received because of services performed, or to be performed in the future. Furthermore, criminal and civil penalties have been imposed against individuals relying upon this frivolous argument.

Please see:

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=106503,00.html

I hope this helps!

Ron Cappuccio

www.taxesq.com