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Dealing with “Gatekeepers” (Withholding agents)
1. What do do The approaches documented on this site are highly unconventional and unfamiliar to nearly all people. This invites a Dunning-Kruger response from withholding agents, businesses, and financial institutions. When dealing with these people, practicing the “art of the deal” is paramount. All the knowledge in the world is useless without people skills.…
Read MoreCopilot: Does working for the federal government automatically mean the earnings are connected with a “trade or business” under Title 26 of the U.S. Code?
QUESTION 1: Does being a public officer by virtue of military service also automatically cause the same human filling said office to be engaged in a “trade or business” under Title 26 of the U.S. Code? ANSWER 1: No, being a public officer by virtue of military service does not automatically mean the individual is…
Read MoreIndex of State Income Tax Resources
1. Overview of Foreign Tax Status for States 2. How the Constitutional Separation of Powers between States and the National Government Was Broken Down 3. Resources
Read MoreFed-State Cooperation Program Repeal in 1990
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue code sections 6362 through 6399 originally implemented the Fed-State Cooperation program. These sections were repealed in 1990. They originally governed federal-state cooperation for collecting state individual income taxes through the federal tax system. Understanding the history of this program is helpful in fully understanding federal jurisdiction to collect tax within…
Read MoreDEFINITIONS: “Citizen”
EDITORIAL: The “citizen” upon whom the tax is imposed in 26 C.F.R. §1.1-1(a) and (b) is NOT merely and ONLY a POLITICAL “citizen* of the United StatesP” described in 26 C.F.R. §1.1-1(c). There would be NO NEED for these two things if they were both the same. INSTEAD, it is a: There would be NO…
Read MoreCopilot: Does the Ordinary Meaning Canon refer to the PRIVATE or the PUBLIC context for the word?
INTRODUCTION: The Ordinary Meaning Canon applies to scenarios where a word appears in a statute but is never defined. More on this subject at: QUESTION 1: Does the Ordinary Meaning Canon of statutory construction imply the PRIVATE context for the word, or the PUBLIC context for a word? See: Congressional Research Service Report R45153, Statutory…
Read MoreCopilot: Legal Violations Resulting from Constitutional States acting as Federal Territories
INTRODUCTION: More on this subject at: QUESTION 1: The California Revenue and Taxation Code Sections 6017 and 17018 suggest that there are actually TWO Californias: 1. The de jure state under its organic constitution. 2. A de facto federal corporation acting as an agent of the national government over federal property consistent with the definition…
Read MoreSeparating POLITICAL Jurisdiction v. CIVIL Jurisdiction During Litigation and on the Court Record
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. INTRODUCTION The MAIN reason to establish government is to protect PRIVATE property, according to the Declaration of Independence, which calls this property “rights”. The FIRST step in providing that protection is to keep PRIVATE from being converted to PUBLIC without the express informed consent of the original owner. This protection is…
Read MoreFRIVOLOUS SUBJECT: Google and Perplexity AI Description of SEDM
FALSE STATEMENT: Report from an SEDM student received today: In looking at tax issues on Google and Perplexity AI I could find nothing true about taxes. However, I did find this quote: “SEDM is a tax protest organization that argues U.S. citizens are “volunteers” in the federal tax system.” 🙂 REBUTTAL: LIE 1: Do not…
Read MoreThe Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine As Applied to President Trump
As many of our readers have observed, a favorite tactic of President Trump has been to withhold the payment of federal funds authorized by Congress in order to coerce the recipients to surrender constitutional rights to satisfy the conditions of receiving the funds. This tactic violates the Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine as described below; Catalog of…
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