Top Tax Excuses: A taxpayer isn't really a person
Filed under: Tax
This post was written as part of a series on tax excuses that don't work.
I don't know about you, but in my world, people are people. A person is a person. And the tax code applies to a person, so quite simply, people must pay taxes. Was that confusing enough?
This argument against paying taxes might be the most frivolous and ridiculous of all. And while it sounds silly to most of us, there are people trying to assert this argument against paying taxes. But I don't recommend it. You open yourself up to both civil and criminal penalties for trying to avoid taxes with these kinds of lies.
Tracy L. Coenen, CPA, MBA, CFE performs fraud examinations and financial investigations for her company Sequence Inc. Forensic Accounting, and is the author of Essentials of Corporate Fraud.
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3-25-2008 @ 11:46AM
Joe said...
I don't know about you, but a human being is not a corporation, trust, or partnership, so in my book it isn't possible for a human being to be a person as the word is specially defined in that code. That is like saying people's rights are on par with the privileges of fictions.
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3-25-2008 @ 1:24PM
Tracy Coenen said...
Joe - You conveniently skipped the word "individuals" from your list, when it's clearly included above. A person is an individual, so a human being is a person, and that person does have to pay income taxes.