Flatter, Simpler, and Fairer… – Opinion

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Should the U.S. Tax Code be scrapped? The IRS should also be abolished. Instead, an easier, more fair, and simpler single tax rate system should take its place. The Tax Code Complication Act can be called it to get approval from Democrats. Meanwhile, if you need me, I’ll be over here holding my breath.

You’ll hear much today about the Trump employee, Allen Weisselberg, who has pled guilty to tax violations. The case involves whether Weisselberg and other Trump employees avoided paying income taxes on the non-wage compensation they received from Trump Organization.

In the case of Weisselberg, the nonwage compensation included: leased Mercedes-Benzes, an apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, as well as tuition for private schools for his grandchildren. That no good rotten…

Weisselberg worked for the Trump Organization for over 50 years, having begun his career working for Trump’s father. As the saying goes Weisselberg can be described as a friend. You can see how this might appear to be an obscure area of current and existing tax law, regarding whether the non-wage benefit is taxable as ordinary income according to current Tax Code.

And keep in mind, of the Tax Code, even for accountants and tax lawyers, is so ridiculously complex and contradictory that it has been shown time and time again that if you were to line up five experienced CPAs and five expert tax attorneys and asked them each to calculate the taxes owed on a moderately complex income tax return, you’d get ten different answers.

This is another thing you should consider. According to the Tax Foundation Commerce Clearing House published the Standard Federal Tax Reporter. This publication is 70,000 pages long and contains all relevant statutes, court cases, and vital information. The American taxpayers are required to work in a constantly expanding tax police state. They also have to figure out the amount of tax that Congress spends on tax, based on how many pages we each comply with the Federal Tax Report (aka the U.S. Tax Code) which is 70,000 pages.

Even though the Tax Code itself has 2,652 pages, it still contains well over one,000,000 words. It does not include any relevant statutes or regulations. As has been mentioned in previous articles, it is impossible to be a CPA/Tax Attorney without knowing the applicable statutes, regulations and case law.

How many words are one million? Answer: One million! This is a good example of how much. The King James Bible contains 788,280 words. War and Peace has 560,000 words. Harry Potter’s series has just under one million words.

Weisselberg was the Trump family’s CFO for more than 50 years. This means that he has a better understanding of these matters than many others. However, as part of his plea bargain, he will spend 100 days in prison. But before you assume anything, Weisselberg hasn’t implicated Donald Trump as part of these questionable tax code violations. According to the New York Times, Cyrus Vance (a partisan hack masquerading as Manhattan District Attorney) tried to file criminal charges against Donald Trump. He was not successful. After Weisselberg was indicted, the broader investigation against the Trump Organization continued until Vance left the District Attorney’s office.

After reviewing the evidence and facts in the case, Vance’s successor, Alvin L. Bragg, sworn in on Jan. 1, grew concerned about his prosecutors’ ability to show Trump intended to commit a crime. The witchhunt was stopped because he could not. So this guy, whose only crime is not fully capitulating to a tax regime that demands compliance with a byzantine confiscatory tax collection scheme powered by 70,000 pages, and 28 million words (assuming each page has 400 words), will go to jail as part of the Establishment’s never-ending witchhunt of the former President and his family, friends, associates, colleagues, acquaintances and his supporters.

And now, with the “Inflation Reduction Act,” a total farce that while not doing a damn thing about inflation funds 87,000 new IRS agents, get ready, find that receipt you got for that lunch seven years ago because they’re coming after you next. Especially if you’re a Republican. So did I mention I’m a Libertarian? I probably shouldn’t have because the confiscatory taxers hate us even more.

 

Joe Armendariz is the Director of Government Relations & Public Affairs for Armendariz Partners, LLC. Former Executive Director, Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association and Santa Barbara Technology and Industry Association Association. He also serves as the Chairman of California Center for Public Policy. These views do not reflect those of the former or current groups he represents. Contact him at: 805.990-2494

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