Book Synopsis
Uncle Sam Doesn’t Want You to Know that Income Taxes Are Voluntary for Most Americans!
The thesis of this book by John W. Benson is that the US Constitution explicitly disallows a tax on one’s labor, and that the 16th Amendment took “Income” to mean the same thing as used in the Corporation Excise Tax Act of 1909. Current Treasury regulations explicitly state exemptions from “gross income” include “those items of income which are, under the Constitution, not taxable by the Federal Government”, without ever enumerating such.
“Taxation by Misrepresentation”, by John W. Benson, is by far the best resource to understanding the true constitutional aspects of our income tax system, as well as the origin of the laws and processes involved in compelling citizens to pay it. Far from being convoluted, it is an extremely logical, sound and extraordinarily well-researched book, yet is a very easy read for the layman.