- 6 - determined that it was appropriate for respondent to proceed with the collection of petitioner’s outstanding tax liability for 1992. G. Petitioner’s Petition On July 12, 2001, petitioner filed with the Court a petition for lien or levy action seeking review of respondent’s notice of determination.4 The following allegations reflect the crux of the petition: For Americans, including the self-employed, the only tax authorized under the sections referred to above [sections 1, 6001, 6011, and 6012] is Form 2555, titled “Foreign Earned Income,” not Form 1040, as Americans have been led to believe. The only code sections that establish liability for the income tax or the withholding of it refer to nonresident aliens, foreign corporations, and their withholding agents, who are required to file a 1040 return (26 USC sections 7701, 1441, 1442, 1443, and 1461). Internal revenue employees were instructed long ago by the Treasury Secretary that Form 1040 was for the above purpose; it was never intended by law to be used for U.S. citizens who earn their income within the 50 states and whose income is not by law subject to the income tax. Wages of most citizens have never been intended by law to be subject to the income tax. * * * * * * * Wages of most Americans are not, by law, subject to the income tax. Although wages are income, they do not meet the formal legal definition for inclusion as 4 At the time that the petition was filed, petitioner resided in Citrus Heights, California.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Next
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