IRS Criminal Tax Manual

http://www.justice.gov/tax/readingroom/2008ctm/CTM%20Chapter%2040.htm

40.01 GENERALLY

40.02 SCHEMES

40.02[1]Paper Terrorism

40.02[1][a]Harassment Schemes

40.02[1][b] Fictitious Financial Instruments

40.02[2] Warehouse Banks

40.02[3] Trusts

40.02[4] Church Schemes

40.02[4][a]Generally

40.02[4][b] Vow of Poverty

40.02[4][c] Charitable Contributions

40.02[4][d] First Amendment Considerations

40.03 TRIAL TACTICS/CONSIDERATIONS

40.03[1] Criminal Summons

40.03[2] 26 U.S.C. § 6103(h)(5) Juror Audit Information (REPEALED)

40.03[3] IRS Agents’ Authority

40.03[4] Indictment Not Sufficient Notice of Illegality

40.03[5] Filing of Protest Documents: Is the Document Filed a Tax Return?

40.03[5][a] Generally

40.03[5][b] What Is a Tax Return?

40.03[5][c] What Is or Is Not a Tax Return: A Matter of Law or Fact?

40.03[6] Discovery of IRS Master Files

40.03[7] Motions in Limine

40.03[8] Attorney Sanctions

40.03[9] Evidentiary Issues

40.03[9][a] Prior or Subsequent Tax Protest Activities: Rule 404(b)

                        40.03[9][b] IRS Agent’s Testimony and Sequestration

40.03[9][c] Admissibility of IRS Computer Records

40.03[10]Use of Pseudonyms by IRS Revenue Agents and Officers

40.03[11] Jury Nullification

40.04 WILLFULNESS

40.05 DEFENSES

40.05[1] Good Faith

40.05[1][a] Reliance on Return Preparer/Accountant

40.05[1][b] Reliance on Advice of Counsel

40.05[1][c] No Defense in Non-Tax Cases

40.05[2]Constitutional Challenges

40.05[2][a]Fourth Amendment — Unreasonable Search and Seizure

40.05[2][b]Fifth Amendment — Due Process; Freedom from Self-incrimination

                        40.05[2][c] Tax Laws Are Unconstitutionally Vague

40.05[2][d] Sixteenth Amendment Never Ratified

40.05[3] Selective Prosecution and Freedom of Speech

40.05[3][a] Generally

40.05[3][b] Selective Prosecution Defense

40.05[3][c] Freedom of Speech

40.05[4] District Court Lacks Jurisdiction of Title 26 Offenses

40.05[4][a] Generally

40.05[4][b] The Gold-Fringed Flag (“The American Maritime Flag of War”)

            40.05[5] Filing Income Tax Returns Is Voluntary, Not Mandatory

40.05[6] Wages Are Not Income

40.05[7] Defendant Not A “Person” or “Citizen”; District Court

                           Lacks Jurisdiction Over Non-Persons and State Citizens

40.05[7][a] Generally

40.05[7][b] Filing U.S. Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return

40.05[8]IRS Has Duty to Prepare Returns for Taxpayer (26 U.S.C. § 6020(b))

40.05[9] Violation of the Privacy Act

40.05[10] Federal Reserve Notes Are Not Legal Tender

40.05[11] Form W-2 As Substitute for Form 1040

40.05[12] Paperwork Reduction Act (“PRA”) Defense

40.05[13] Lack of Publication in the Federal Register

40.05[14] Taxpayer’s Name in Capital Letters or Misspelled

40.05[15] Protest Against Government Spending

APPENDIX

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