Digging Deeper

META AI: Is a “NATIONAL OF THE UNITED STATES” A “FOREIGN PERSON” under 26 U.S.C. 1441?

By ftsig-admin / November 25, 2024 / Comments Off on META AI: Is a “NATIONAL OF THE UNITED STATES” A “FOREIGN PERSON” under 26 U.S.C. 1441?

EDITORIAL: This series of questions establishes that: For a comparison of the two above types of “nonresident aliens”, see: META AI: “Nonresident Alien” v. “non-resident alien”, FTSIGhttps://ftsig.org/meta-ai-nonresident-alien-v-non-resident-alien/ This subject is further discussed in: Foreign Person Reporting and Withholding Summary, FTSIGhttps://ftsig.org/foreign-person-reporting-and-withholding-summary/ QUESTION 1 Is a “national of the United States” included within the definition of “foreign…

META AI: “Nonresident Alien” v. “non-resident alien”

By ftsig-admin / November 16, 2024 / Comments Off on META AI: “Nonresident Alien” v. “non-resident alien”

EDITORIAL: The following interchange was conducted with Meta AI on 11/16/2024. This site relies exclusively on the nonresident alien position. This series of questions helps to clarify: These are HUGELY important concepts if you want to maximize your liberty, autonomy, and choice and remove all CIVIL constraints imposed by classical governments. QUESTION 1: What is…

Meta AI: “DOMESTIC” means INSIDE the government and “FOREIGN” means OUTSIDE the government

By ftsig-admin / October 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Meta AI: “DOMESTIC” means INSIDE the government and “FOREIGN” means OUTSIDE the government

EDITORIAL: This interchange with Meta AI happened on 10/8/24. Note that none of this interchange constitutes evidence of a reasonable belief useful in court and should not be promoted as such. It is merely what we call a “reality check” that forms a useful starting point to validate the content of this site with law…

Meta AI: Taxability of Military Retirement

By ftsig-admin / September 6, 2024 / Comments Off on Meta AI: Taxability of Military Retirement

EDITORIAL: For more information on the subject of this discovery, see: Policy Document: Retirement and Pensions, Form #08.028https://sedm.org/Forms/08-PolicyDocs/RetirementAndPensions.pdf QUESTION 1: If military retirement is based on years of service and therefore personal labor, and if there is no profit from personal labor under 26 U.S.C. 83, then can one earn “gross income” from military retirement?…

Chat GPT 3.5: Is a purely contractual franchise a governmental act in a classical sense or a PRIVATE act?

By ftsig-admin / August 12, 2024 / Comments Off on Chat GPT 3.5: Is a purely contractual franchise a governmental act in a classical sense or a PRIVATE act?

INTRODUCTION: This interchange demonstrates the following: No provision in IRC for election of a particular status is necessary. Today, the “United States person” tax status can be functionally defined in terms of its benefits (such as entitlement to standard deduction, or entitlement to take certain personal itemized deductions not available to a nonresident alien). Acceptance…

Springer v. United States, 102 U.S. 586 (1885)

By ftsig-admin / August 9, 2024 /

LINK: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3081110958181951212 SIGNIFICANCE: George Springer reaped interest income from United States bonds. So he was not difficult for the Collector to locate to demand that Springer file a return and pay tax on that. Springer followed the instructions on the form and reported not only his interest from U.S. bonds but also his professional fees he…

Wight v. Davidson, 181 U.S. 371 (1901)

By ftsig-admin / August 1, 2024 / Comments Off on Wight v. Davidson, 181 U.S. 371 (1901)

LINK: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1202751686859480675 SIGNIFICANCE: Declared what “unjust taxation means” and that if you consent or make an election, the taxation is no longer UNJUST. QUOTE: “The constitutional right [Form #10.015] against unjust taxation is given for the protection of private property [Form #12.046], but it may be waived by those affected who consent [Form #05.003] to…

License Tax Cases, 72 U.S. 462 (1866)

By ftsig-admin / July 21, 2024 / Comments Off on License Tax Cases, 72 U.S. 462 (1866)

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2852002685220457827 SIGNIFICANCE: Declared the first income tax instituted to fund the Civil War, the Revenue Act of 1861, 122 Stat. 292 unconstitutional. Ruled that Congress can TAX but cannot “authorize” (meaning LICENSE) the thing subject to tax within the constitutional states of the Union. This case also recognized the ability of the…

Pollock v. Farmers Loan and Trust, 157 U.S. 429 (1895)

By ftsig-admin / July 21, 2024 / Comments Off on Pollock v. Farmers Loan and Trust, 157 U.S. 429 (1895)

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7292056596996651119 WIKIPEDIA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollock_v._Farmers%27_Loan_%26_Trust_Co. SIGNIFICANCE: This was the first attempt after the civil war to implement an income tax. It was declared unconstitutional because it was a direct, unapportioned tax upon real property. In this case the Supreme Court found an 1884 tax law similar to the 1864 Tax Law in the Sprinter…

Frivolous position: The “United States” consists only of the District of Columbia, federal territories, and the federal enclaves

By ftsig-admin / July 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Frivolous position: The “United States” consists only of the District of Columbia, federal territories, and the federal enclaves

SOURCE: https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/the-truth-about-frivolous-arguments-section-i-a-to-c#contentionc2 IRS STATEMENT: C. The Meaning of Certain Terms Used in the Internal Revenue Code 2. Contention: The “United States” consists only of the District of Columbia, federal territories, and federal enclaves Some individuals and groups argue that the United States consists only of the District of Columbia, federal territories (e.g., Puerto Rico, Guam,…