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January 30, 2005 Contact: Bob Schulz For Immediate Release (518) 656-3578 U.S. Court of Appeals Rules IRS Cannot Apply Force Against a Tax Payer Without A Court Order Taxpayers Free To Ignore An IRS Summons Queensbury, NY – On January 25, 2005, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that taxpayers cannot be compelled by the IRS to turn over personal and private property to the IRS, absent a federal court order. Quoting from the decision (Schulz v. IRS, case number 04-0196-cv), “...absent an effort to seek enforcement through a federal court, IRS summonses apply no force to taxpayers, and no consequence whatever can befall a taxpayer who refuses, ignores, or otherwise does not comply with an IRS summons until that summons is backed by a federal court order…[a taxpayer] cannot be held in contempt, arrested, detained, or otherwise punished for refusing to comply with the original IRS summons, no matter the taxpayer's reasons, or lack of reasons for so refusing.” <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://whiz.to/~papera/Articles/IRS%20Summons.html ---------------------------------------------------------- "If you...examined [The 16th Amendment] carefully, you would find that a sufficient number of states never ratified that amendment." - U.S. District Court Judge James C. Fox 2003.

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January 30, 2005 Contact: Bob Schulz
For Immediate Release (518) 656-3578

U.S. Court of Appeals Rules IRS Cannot Apply Force Against a Tax Payer Without A Court Order

Taxpayers Free To Ignore An IRS Summons Queensbury, NY – On January 25, 2005, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that taxpayers cannot be compelled by the IRS to turn over personal and private property to the IRS, absent a federal court order. Quoting from the decision (Schulz v. IRS, case number 04-0196-cv), “...absent an effort to seek enforcement through a federal court, IRS summonses apply no force to taxpayers, and no consequence whatever can befall a taxpayer who refuses, ignores, or otherwise does not comply with an IRS summons until that summons is backed by a federal court order…[a taxpayer] cannot be held in contempt, arrested, detained, or otherwise punished for refusing to comply with the original IRS summons, no matter the taxpayer’s reasons, or lack of reasons for so refusing.”

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http://whiz.to/~papera/Articles/IRS%20Summons.html

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“If you...examined [The 16th Amendment] carefully, you would find that a sufficient number of states never ratified that amendment.” - U.S. District Court Judge James C. Fox 2003.