META AI: Implications of 4 U.S.C. 72 on IRS Enforcement Authority

EDITORIAL: For more information on this subject, see: The fact that its called INTERNAL Revenue Service implies its INTERNAL to the corporation, which is NONGEOGRAPHICAL. Good luck proving that INTERNAL means INTERNAL to the geographical United States. I’ve been searching for that kind of info for years. The party with the burden of proof is…

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GROK: Taxability of “wages” not connected to a “trade or business” in the case of a “nonresident alien”

QUESTION 1: Would it be accurate to say that earnings under 26 U.S.C. 871(a)(1) relate to PROFIT from wages and not the gross receipt of wages, since everything listed there as FDAP relates to “fixed or determinable annual or periodical gains, profits, and income,”? ANSWER 1: Your question involves interpreting 26 U.S.C. § 871(a)(1), a…

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DEFINITIONS: “tangibles”

Grok, 3/27/25 QUESTION 1: What is the detailed definition of “tangibles” for the purpose of the internal revenue code as defined by the U.S. Supreme court? And please give me a history of changes to that definition over time. ANSWER 1: The term “tangibles” is not explicitly defined as a standalone concept by the U.S.…

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DEFINITIONS: “Property”

EDITORIAL: More cites on property are available at: U.S. v. San Francisco, 310 U.S. 16, 29-30 (1940) Article 4, § 3, Cl. 2 of the Constitution provides that “The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory and other Property belonging to the United States.” The…

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Transition strategies to minimize risk when moving from “U.S. person” to “Nonresident Alien”

SOURCE: Path to Freedom, Form #09.015, Section 2.4; https://sedm.org/Forms/09-Procs/PathToFreedom.pdf 0. Introduction Most of our members start out filing the WRONG tax return, the Form 1040, as a STATUTORY “U.S. person” under 26 U.S.C. §7701(a)(30).  This error is documented in: Why It’s a Crime for a Private American National to File a 1040 Income Tax Return,…

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Copilot: Who are “withholding agents”?

EDITORIAL: 26 U.S.C. §1461 is the ONLY statute making anyone liable for ANYTHING in Internal Revenue Code Subtitle A. It limits itself to “nonresident aliens and foreign corporations”. Thus, 26 U.S.C. §1461 is deceptive because it doesn’t distinguish between “nonresident aliens” who are NATIONALS and those who are ALIENS. This is done to dissuade American…

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