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From: dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake)
Newsgroups: net.taxes
Subject: Re: Reply to reply to IRS note #1
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Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 13:46:01 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  8 13:46:01 1984
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You have by no means demonstrated to me that it is unconstitutional for
the government to require you to "assess yourself".  I don't see what is
unconstitutional about having to say you had $x in income.  It is
unconsitutional to make you give the source of the income if it would be
incriminating.  The constitution was explicitly amended (Amendment 16:
The Congress shall have power TO LAY AND COLLECT TAXES ON INCOMES, FROM
WHATEVER SOURCE DERIVED, without apportionment among the several States,
and without regard to any census or enumeration.) to allow income taxes.
Note that this amendment was adopted AFTER the Bill of Rights and if
there were a conflict (which I don't think there is) it could be argued
that it should overrule the Bill of Rights.  Even if it unconstitutional
to have you assess yourself, you still have to pay the tax.  If the
government can show income, you owe taxes on it at the maximum rate
unless YOU can prove deductions, etc.

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	+	Donald E. Eastlake, III
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