“A federal lawsuit to ban a book that promotes income-tax evasion is generating debate on the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech.”
“At issue is the conduct encouraged in the book The Federal Mafia: How the Government Illegally Imposes and Unlawfully Collects Income Taxes, and Internal Revenue Service laws that prohibit advising the filing of false tax returns.”
“The book’s publisher and author, Irwin Schiff, admits he has not voluntarily made federal income tax payments since 1973, and has been convicted twice of not filing tax returns. He and two associates who also are targeted in the federal civil action — Cynthia Neun and Lawrence Cohen — now advise readers and clients to file returns but to claim no income.” (from Salt Lake Tribune via Library Link of the Day)
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