Local Attorney Wins Lawsuit On Filing Federal Income Tax

[sbl_admin]

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.

[LateNight]

It's my understanding, that his argument revolved around.. :

The Sixteenth Amendment DID NOT authorize the federal government to tax your PERSONALLY earned wages, but only that part of your wages that is PROFIT, or GAIN above and beyond what you gave up in order to receive them. Can you say what part of your wages are above and beyond your personal investment in earning them?

There's a few other "websites" around about his case..

[LateNight]

O.k. so tell me, what's the hitch? how come this isn't like REALLY BIG NEWS ?

"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."

[rhertz]

I don't get it either. I know if I didn't pay my taxes, I'd be locked up. But since he is a lawyer who knows intricate details of the law, he gets a pass? The local news stories don't help one bit. Reading the times forums helps a little, but I'm still confused, which is probably why I'm not a lawyer.

http://forums.shreveporttimes.com/viewtopic.php?t=35453

Perhaps he isn't out of the woods 100% yet....

[LateNight]

it makes me wonder though.. I provide a little bit of my time each month to a local organization with some freelance work. I'm not "selling" them anything.. not making "profit" from selling anything other than my "time" I end up having to pay taxes on this come tax time.. makes me wonder if I really freakin' need to ???

Has this hit the National News yet ?? and if not, why the heck not ? I don't understand ????

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by LateNight

it makes me wonder though.. I provide a little bit of my time each month to a local organization with some freelance work. I'm not "selling" them anything.. not making "profit" from selling anything other than my "time" I end up having to pay taxes on this come tax time.. makes me wonder if I really freakin' need to ???

Has this hit the National News yet ?? and if not, why the heck not ? I don't understand ????

Is there a way to submit a news story to a national news source? Maybe try emailing the story (all the links) to cnn and fox news. Give it a try and let us know how it goes!