You don’t have to agree with Irwin Schiff’s views on the federal income tax, to feel sympathy for Peter Schiff’s request that his father be released from prison. Irwin, now 87, has been diagnosed with lung cancer and it seems likely that he will not live to see his July 26, 2017 release date. Peter Schiff took his appeal to the Alex Jones show yesterday.

About Irwin Schiff And His Theories

Irwin Schiff is probably the father or, if not the grandfather of the modern tax protester (or you might prefer “tax honesty”) movement. Irwin appears to be quite sincere in his belief that the federal income tax is extremely limited in its scope and most people who are what I like to call conventionally tax compliant are being tricked into compliance. Unlike most tax professionals I have taken the time to study Irwin’s books and learn about his arguments. I remain unpersuaded.

Irwin Schiff’s primary argument on the limited, voluntary nature of the income tax rest on his reading of a few Supreme Court decisions somewhat before and slightly after the passage of the Sixteenth Amendment. The best analysis I have ever seen of his arguments was done by his own attorneys appealing his conviction

…even though these cases, properly understood, do not support Mr. Schiff’s professed beliefs, they do contain language which, if honestly misconstrued and read out of context, could lead someone without legal training to believe that taxable income is limited to corporate profits

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