Wayne C. Bentson is a businessman and tax protester A tax protester is someone who refuses to pay a tax on constitutional or legal grounds. Many claim the tax laws are unconstitutional or otherwise invalid. Some refuse to file a tax return or file returns with no income or tax data supplied. Legal commentator Daniel B. Evans has defined tax protesters as people who "refuse to pay taxes or file from Payson, Arizona Payson is a town at the meeting of three roads in Gila County, Arizona, United States. Its location puts it almost exactly in the geographic center of Arizona. It has been called "The Heart of Arizona". According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 15,257.
Bentson operated Western Information Network and the Bentson Group until May 1997. He represented himself as a tax To tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law expert and told his clients that they did not need to pay federal income tax An income tax is a tax levied on the income of individuals or business . Various income tax systems exist, with varying degrees of tax incidence. Income taxation can be progressive, proportional, or regressive. When the tax is levied on the income of companies, it is often called a corporate tax, corporate income tax, or profit tax. Individual.
Benston helped Milton William Cooper Milton William Cooper was an American writer, shortwave broadcaster and conspiracy theorist. Cooper came to public awareness in the late 1980s when he promulgated a number of theories dealing with the assassination of President Kennedy and alleged links between the United States government and various extra-terrestrial races. When a number of his research the article BATF/IRS – Criminal Fraud which was published in Veritas magazine, issue #6, in September 1995.
According to the United States Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries, Bentson falsely advised clients that the income tax laws apply only "to individuals residing in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico." Bentson was convicted of conspiracy In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement. There is no limit on the number participating in the conspiracy and, in most countries, no requirement that any steps have been taken to put the to defraud In the broadest sense, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and is also a civil law violation. Many hoaxes are fraudulent, although those not made for personal gain are not technically frauds. Defrauding people of the United States ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language and willful failure to file income tax returns by a federal jury A jury is a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. Modern juries tend to be found in courts to judge whether an accused person is not guilty or guilty of a crime. (There is no such verdict as 'innocent') on December 13, 2004 in Tucson, Arizona Tucson is the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, located 118 miles (188 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles (98 km) north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2008 Census Bureau estimate puts the city's population at 541,811, with a metropolitan area population at 1,023,320 as of July 1, 2008. In 2005, Tucson ranked as the 32nd. On May 18, 2005, he was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of "supervised release during which he is barred from giving tax advice." He was ordered to pay $1,129,937 to the Internal Revenue Service The Internal Revenue Service is the United States federal government agency that collects taxes and enforces the internal revenue laws. It is an agency within the U.S. Department of the Treasury and is responsible for interpretation and application of Federal tax law. The official U.S. Treasury regulations provide (in part): in restitution.[1]
Bentson was incarcerated at the Federal Community Corrections facility at Phoeniz, Arizona, and was released in May 2008.[2]
Notes
- ^ "Arizona man sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud". Department of Justice news release. United States Department of Justice. 2005. http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2005/May/05_tax_275.htm. Retrieved 2006-08-14.
- ^ Prisoner #46800-008, Federal Bureau of Prisons The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a federal law enforcement agency subdivision of the United States Department of Justice and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system, United States Department of Justice, at [1].
References
- "Jury finds 'tax man' guilty of fraud" by Kelly Crowley, Payson Roundup, December 28, 2004, retrieved August 4, 2006
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