Taxes

So I e-filed my federal taxes today. Or I guess I should say free-filed.
(P.S. if you qualify for the free fed filing and live in LA don't give them your state info unless you want to pay for it. Not much but still not free. )
Same old same old.
Except:
I was nosing around to see what other government cheddar was coming my way besides the normal refund. I found this - the IRS retort to those pesky citizens who wonder what law requires them tho pay taxes.

I didn't get very far, but was amused and relieved to see bureaucracy was still going strong with answers to questions like this:

"The stance that is taken is that until the IRS can prove to these taxpayers’ satisfaction, which is effectively impossible because they never will be satisfied, the existence and applicability of the income tax laws, they will not report or pay income taxes. These taxpayers reflexively dismiss any attempt by the IRS to identify the laws, thereby continuing the cycle."

As far as I can tell, and I'm obviously no lawyer or accountant, they basically go through all of the skeptical claims and say, "You're wrong because we said so." I think that mostly the rights of the IRS to collect a percentage of your income lie in civil law. However they say that criminal charges can be pressed against non-payers. I am gonna check out some of the case files they cite in the document and see if I can't make a little more sense of this stuff.

If you are wondering where the voice of dissent is coming from, you can check out this movie that I watched. Only the third part is about the tax stuff. The rest is about other accepted institutions in our society. The movie is called Zeitgeist the Movie. If you search around on you tube you should be able to find anywhere from the full version to different cut up segments. They do a pretty good job of explaining the situation, and they even have some interviews with "former IRS agents," but you get the feeling that something is too simple, some info might be missing. I am sure you can find other films which address this situation.

I have to check it out more and study the laws to know the real deal, I'll keep you updated.

By the way, I don't mind paying taxes, and if it is voluntary, I would still pay what I could. I do wish that the money were spent a little more on the account holders than the executors of the account, but that's a whole other issue.