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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
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PO BOX 1031
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Mesquite, TX 75150
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January 31, 1993
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UNTAX.ASC
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This file is from the Dallas Morning News of January 29, 1993
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For the last few years, we have heard of people who claim to be able
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to dissociate one from the tax system and do it legally. As I
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understood it, the fees begin at $600 and can go up to $3000 but it
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is claimed that one will no longer have to pay taxes.
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You must disavow yourself of the Social Security System, your
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Drivers License and other things that I am unclear on. Part of the
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idea was that the Federal government only has power over about 13
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acres in the city of Washington and DOES NOT have dominion over
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anything outside those boundaries.
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When you sign up for Social Security and all the tax rigamarole, you
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allow yourself to be under the control of this mini government. The
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following article describes how one local group was busted. As you
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can tell, KeelyNet does not normally follow such subjects although
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the claims are intriguing especially if there is any validity to
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them. Strange that the IRS and the FEDS seem so persistent on
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busting these folks if it doesn't work anyway.
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State accuses company of selling false tax data
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by Anne Belli
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The Texas attorney general's office Thursday sued a Richardson
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business (suburb of Dallas) accused of selling false information
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advising consumers that they don't have to pay federal income taxes.
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Also Thursday, the Internal Revenue Service seized many of the
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records, books, files and computers of the business, Certified Untax
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Consultants, as part of a federal criminal investigation.
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The state is seeking a court order to shut down the business. The
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IRS is continuing a criminal investigation, officials said.
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Officials with the company denied any illegal activity and said they
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were being unfairly targeted by the state and federal governments.
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"This is just part of their fear and intimidation tactics," said
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Richard L. Summers, 57, one of the business's three consultants.
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In addition to Mr. Summers, the attorney general's suit names as
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defendants Mr. Summers' wife, Shirley A. Summers, 58 and Charles A.
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Dixon, 55. The three call themselves "untax" consultants.
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The suit also names The Pilot Connection, a company based in
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Stockton, Calif., that developed the "tax avoidance" material being
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marketed by the Richardson business.
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Darrell Spencer, general manager of the Pilot Connection, defended
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the organization and said all the information it sells through its
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consultants is accurate and based on IRS manuals.
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"Our program works," Mr. Spencer said. "It works really good, and
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that's why they hate us so much."
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Specifically, the attorney general's suit alleges that the
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Richardson company sells a program that advises consumers on how
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they may avoid paying taxes. The program, essentially a package of
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information that costs $2,100, contains false information that could
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result in civil and criminal penalties, the suit alleges.
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Some of the false information, according to the suit, includes
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contentions that:
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The IRS is NOT a part of the U.S. Treasury Department, rather a
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private Delaware corporation.
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The IRS lacks the authority to administer and enforce the federal
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internal revenue laws.
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Paying income taxes is voluntary, and no civil or criminal
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penalties may result.
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A person may avoid paying income taxes by not maintaining a bank
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account or signing a bank signature card.
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No law has been enacted ordering the payment of income taxes, and
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it is legally possible to permanently remove oneself from the
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income tax system.
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"The dangerous part about this is that some people may think they're
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buying bona fide advice when really what they're doing is signing up
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to be tax protestors," said Assistant Attorney General Robert Reyna,
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chief of the consumer protection division in Dallas.
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Mr. Reyna said he did not know how many people had purchased the tax
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avoidance packages through the Richardson company. But about 50
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people a week have attended seminars explaining it, Mr. Reyna said.
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Mr. Summers said the Richardson office had been in business since
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October and had sold between 50 and 100 packages.
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"We haven't had anyone dissatisfied," Mr. Summers said. "Nobody has
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asked us for a refund."
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Mr. Spencer said the program teaches people how to avoid paying
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taxes, not evade them. Still, he acknowledged, the program's
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suggestions "aren't traditional methods."
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He agreed that the program recommends against establishing a bank
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account. But he said that doins so would prevent the IRS from
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illegally seizing assets.
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"Our position is that if you legitimately owe a tax that you should
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pay it," Mr. Spencer said. "But we teach legal tax avoidance."
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He said The Pilot Connection had been in operation since 1982, but
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he declined to say how many "certified associate members," like the
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Summerses and Mr. Dixon, were operating nationwide.
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"I will tell you that we operate in every state," he said.
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Mr. Reyna said he would ask state District Judge Bill Rhea to soon
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set a court hearing to issue a temporary injunction preventing the
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Certified Untax Consultants and The Pilot Connection from operating.
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Eventually the attorney general's office wants the company to refund
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to consumers what they paid for the program, according to the suit.
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It also seeks up to $10,000 in damages from each defendant for
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violation of the state Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
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"This is the beginning of tax season, and we want to send an early
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warning to consumers that they should take a look at these tax
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packages," Mr. Reyna said.
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Staff writer Tracy Everbach contributed to this report.
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