Federal Reserve Notes Not Taxable Income
Federal Reserve Notes Not Taxable Income
Federal Reserve Notes Not Taxable Income
Income
Title 26 of the US Code is the Internal Revenue Code. Sections 1271-1275 deal with assessing a
tax on debt instruments. Section 1275 defines debt instrument:
26USC §1275(a)(1)(A)
The Federal Reserve Notes we all trade as money are, by this definition "debt instruments."
Now that we know the status of our money, let's look at section 1274:
26USC §1274(3)(D)
(3) Exceptions
(D) Debt instruments which are publicly traded or issued for publicly
traded property.
Our money is based on debt instruments that are publicly traded and issued for publicly traded
property, so it appears to be excluded from taxation according to these rules
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In the oral arguments at the US Supreme Court for United States vs. Craft (No. 00-1831) the
following dialogue between Chief Justice Rhenquist and US Attorney Kent Jones took place
regarding the criminality of failure to file income tax:
RHENQUIST: What about criminal procedures? Are there any criminal procedures for
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MR. JONES: I --
RHENQUIST: -- failure, continued failure to file--
MR JONES: Of course, if you file a return, then you're not exposing yourself to any
criminal obligations, and if you don't file a return, it would be -- I'm not familiar with a
statute that makes that a crime by itself... I'm not an expert on criminal tax matters, but
it's my impression that that would not by itself be a crime.
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RHENQUIST: We'd better not let the word get out. I thought it was a crime, but I'll
check.
(Laughter)
MR. JONES: All right, well, I stand --
RHENQUIST: We'll keep it among ourselves.
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So here we have cut a Gordian knot with a pen, instead of
a sword. If you wish to use such a sharp pen, you would do well
to understand the honing and care of a good blade. Start with a
study of the life of the Master who told his disciples to sell their
cloaks to buy a sword, yet intervened when Peter used his! You
must exhaust administrative remedy first!
The Federal Reserve obtains the notes from the United States
Mint. It pays the Mint for the cost of producing the notes, which
then become liabilities of the Federal Reserve, and obligations of
the Government.
So the issue is, have you received any income that is reportable
for filing a tax form? Have you objected openly that you do not
accept Bank of Canada notes as "payment" for your labour? Or
have you consented openly? But is express consent necessary?
There is nothing in the law which says so. There is nothing in the
practice of men, or in the Municipal Law of men, or in the
practice of nations, or the Law of nations that says so. Silence is
and gives consent; and is the rule of business and law. A tender
of bills is as good as one of coin, unless the bills are objected to.
To stand by, in silence, and see another sell your property, binds
you. Silent acquiescence in the breach of a treaty binds a nation.
Simple endorsement of a check without correcting the inherent
error, is contractual, albeit tacit consent to the error, thus
binding you to the related obligations of tax.
The Federal Reserve Act admits the notes are worthless and not
redeemable at par or at any other value for that matter, and as
such they instantly lose the character of money, except in the
wishful imaginations of the deceived. Their circulation as
currency ceases with the usage and consent upon which it
rested, and the notes become the mere dishonoured and
depreciated evidences of debt. It is only upon this fictional idea
that they can honestly be tendered as money, and when accepted
as such, under the same supposition, the mutual mistake of facts
should no more be permitted to benefit one party, or prejudice
the other, than if the notes had been spurious, or payment had
been made in base or adulterated coin.