The Truth About “Effectively Connecting”, Form #05.056

The following form describes in detail the meaning and all the implications of “effectively connecting” earnings on the 1040-NR tax return: The Truth About “Effectively Connecting”, Form #05.056https://sedm.org/Forms/05-MemLaw/EffectivelyConnected.pdf This is one of the most IMPORTANT links on this website. Study it under a microscope because it is the key to your exit door out of…

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ELECTIONS: When “gross income” includes more than profit

SOURCE: Gross Income Worksheet, Form #09.080**, Section 4; https://sedm.org/product/gross-income-worksheet-nonresident-alien-form-09-080/ 1. Introduction The Sixteenth Amendment limits the term “income” and therefore STATUTORY “gross income” to “profit”.  After examining dictionaries in common use (Bouv. L.D.; Standard Dict.; Webster’s Internat. Dict.; Century Dict.), we find little to add to the succinct definition adopted in two cases arising under the…

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Catalog of Elections in the Internal Revenue Code

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Introduction Throughout this site, we frequently state that “elections” of all kinds are to be avoided because they constitute the pursuit and acceptance of privileges or benefits that result in a needless surrender of property and autonomy. The purpose of this article is to catalog all such elections and references to…

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