Shyster1040 wrote:

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Whoops! You're right, I got it wrong. Sorry.

Stu

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Shyster1040 <Shyster1040[at]anon.com> wrote:

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Yep. Thanks Shyster, Phil, Dick et. al. for your replies.

Steve

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Section 7203 - "Any person required under this title [i.e.,
the Internal Revenue Code] to pay any estimated tax or tax,
...., who willfully fails to pay such estimated tax or tax,
...., shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law,
be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined not more than $25,000 ($100,000 in the case
of a corporation), or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or
both, together with the costs of prosecution. ...." (26 USC
sec. 7203 (CCH, June 25th, 2004)).

Good enough?

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Sorry to take up valuable time with a silly question but
I need some help here.

In a discussion with a tax-protestor sort, I encountered the
following opinion: willful non payment of tax owed is not a
criminal offense under U.S. law, so long as the correct
amount of tax was declared on the appropriate tax return.

I'm pretty sure this is incorrect, but I'd like to be able
to document this point.

Thanks much

Steve

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