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tax protester

tax protester noun: in the United States, a person who denies the obligation to pay a tax for which the government has determined that person is liable, based on a belief that the government lacks the legal authority to impose taxes.

Noun

tax protester (plural tax protesters)

  1. In the United States, a person who denies the obligation to pay a tax for which the government has determined that person is liable, based on a belief that the government lacks the legal authority to impose taxes.
    • It is readily apparent that Hattman's appeal and "petitions" in this Court, as well as his petition for redetermination filed in the Tax Court, are nothing other than the thinly veiled arguments of a tax protester. These types of tax protester arguments have been rejected as patently frivolous, and...Hattman v. Commissioner, NO. 05-1376 (3d Cir. 2005) (per curiam)
    • Some people believe with great fervor preposterous things that just happen to coincide with their self-interest. Tax protesters have convinced themselves that wages are not income, that only gold is money, that the Sixteenth Amendment is unconstitutional, and so on. These beliefs all lead--so tax...Coleman v. Commissioner, 791 F.2d 68, 69 (7th Cir. 1986)

Examples of tax protester in a sentence

  • These types of tax protester arguments have been rejected as patently frivolous, and require no additional analysis here.Hattman v. Commissioner, NO. 05-1376 (3d Cir. 2005) (per curiam)
  • Tax protesters have convinced themselves that wages are not income, that only gold is money, that the Sixteenth Amendment is unconstitutional, and so on.Coleman v. Commissioner, 791 F.2d 68, 69 (7th Cir. 1986)

Forms of tax protester

pluraltax protesters

Questions about tax protester

What does tax protester mean?
Tax protester means in the United States, a person who denies the obligation to pay a tax for which the government has determined that person is liable, based on a belief that the government lacks the legal authority to impose taxes.
How do you use tax protester in a sentence?
These types of tax protester arguments have been rejected as patently frivolous, and require no additional analysis here.
What part of speech is tax protester?
Tax protester is a noun.
What is the plural of tax protester?
The plural of tax protester is tax protesters.

Words near tax protester in the dictionary

  1. tax men
  2. tax office
  3. tax offices
  4. tax point
  5. tax points
  6. tax protester
  7. tax protesters
  8. tax rate
  9. tax rates
  10. tax reduction
  11. tax reductions

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