Debate and Discovery

DEBATE: Copilot v. FTSIG on NRA withdrawing W-4

By ftsig-admin / December 4, 2025 / Comments Off on DEBATE: Copilot v. FTSIG on NRA withdrawing W-4

INTRODUCTION: The W-4 is the WRONG form for All Americans who don’t work for the national government as described in 26 U.S.C. §3401(c). This site mandates that those using it may not consent to ANYTHING the government wants, and the W-4 is a vehicle for said consent. A better approach is to use the following…

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DEBATE: Is everything paid by the government “effectively connected” without your consent?

By ftsig-admin / August 29, 2025 / Comments Off on DEBATE: Is everything paid by the government “effectively connected” without your consent?

EDITORIAL: More on this subject at: FALSE STATEMENT: 26 U.S.C. §864(c)(2) says in part: In determining whether income from sources within the United States . . . is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, the factors taken into account shall include whether— (emphasis added) Now I will…

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DEBATE: All “income” in the I.R.C. is “foreign”

By ftsig-admin / August 21, 2025 / Comments Off on DEBATE: All “income” in the I.R.C. is “foreign”

EDITORIAL: This debate deals with the subject of whether ALL income in the I.R.C. Subtitle A is “foreign income” and WHAT precisely foreign income means. The article that sparked this debate is: What YOUR GOVERNMENT Thinks “Foreign” Means, FTSIGhttps://ftsig.org/what-your-government-thinks-foreign-means/ If you understand this debate, you will be able to prove with evidence that you earn…

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DEBATE: Confusion created by Citizen* and Citizen**+D nomenclature

By ftsig-admin / May 30, 2025 / Comments Off on DEBATE: Confusion created by Citizen* and Citizen**+D nomenclature

EDITORIAL: This debate is very helpful to our readers for discerning the bright red line separating PUBLIC and PRIVATE in the context of citizenship terminology and their relationship to franchises. We HIGHLY recommend reading it. This fits nicely and coherently into the following presentation on the same subject: Separation Between Public and Private Course, Form…

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DEBATE: About the meaning of “United States” in I.R.C. 864(b)

By ftsig-admin / May 21, 2025 / Comments Off on DEBATE: About the meaning of “United States” in I.R.C. 864(b)

QUESTION: I believe your conclusions in this article are errant. PROOF OF FACTS: “United States” INCLUDES (not means) the government, FTSIGhttps://ftsig.org/proof-of-facts-united-states-includes-the-government/#2._EXAMPLE United States is geographical—not governmental. The ultimate source of taxing authority is the government—that is correct. But they are hiding the government meaning by shielding it with the geographical sense. Proof of this can…

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DEBATE: Items identified as FDAP on IRS website include private property

By ftsig-admin / April 26, 2025 / Comments Off on DEBATE: Items identified as FDAP on IRS website include private property

EDITORIAL: This debate surrounds what is “included” in FDAP items listed under 26 U.S.C. 871(a)(1). It does so in the context of a recent PGA golf prize winner who is an alien in relation to United States* and whether his golf winnings would be considered FDAP if he filed as a nonresident alien. THEIR STATEMENT:…

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DEBATE: An “individual” is just a human being or natural person in the code and not a privileged fictional entity

By ftsig-admin / April 4, 2025 / Comments Off on DEBATE: An “individual” is just a human being or natural person in the code and not a privileged fictional entity

FALSE STATEMENT: An “individual” is just a human being or natural person in the code and not a privileged fictional entity. REBUTTAL: Anything Congress legislatively creates they own. “All subjects over which the sovereign power of a state extends, are objects of taxation; but those over which it does not extend, are, upon the soundest…

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DEBATE: How do Nonresident Aliens get their reasonable notice and duty to perform?

By ftsig-admin / March 27, 2025 / Comments Off on DEBATE: How do Nonresident Aliens get their reasonable notice and duty to perform?

EDITORIAL: The following debate between us and a member deals with how nonresident aliens get their “reasonable notice” of obligation and the origin and extend of that obligation. STATEMENT: Statutes precede regs—we know this. The starting point for the taxation of NRAs per statute is: In the regs it starts here: 26 C.F.R. §1.1-1(c) =…

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DEBATE: Whether You are an “individual” as a nonresident alien not engaged in a “trade or business”

By ftsig-admin / March 25, 2025 / Comments Off on DEBATE: Whether You are an “individual” as a nonresident alien not engaged in a “trade or business”

EDITORIAL: For an extended debate about whether there is such a thing as a CIVIL “non-person” or “non-individual”, see: Policy Document: IRS Fraud and Deception About the Statutory Word “Person”, Form #08.023, Section 20https://sedm.org/Forms/08-PolicyDocs/IRSPerson.pdf STATEMENT: I cracked the code on “individual.” They are sneaky! The attempts to coverup confirm the schemes! I found where a…

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